Word: vainly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...precious moments spent in vain...
...vain do I stretch out my neck...
...College electives, and the rest are from that mysterious region vaguely described as "special instruction from professors and other competent persons." To us, who have not been admitted behind the scenes, the sudden organization of this department has given much surprise, but also much pleasure. We look in vain for a course in Chinese and for some other desired courses; but an excellent beginning has been made, and criticism at this stage would be unjust. For the present, many of the courses will be taken by undergraduates chiefly, for hardly enough graduates remain here fully to support the department...
...books. We would go a little farther, and condemn that of marking even one's own, for this reason: book-marking is like dram-drinking and only total abstinence can safely guard us against excess. Anybody who has seen a young lady's copy of Tennyson, and searched in vain for an unmarked page, will recognize the evils of indulgence. Of course when it comes to marking other people's books, the injury is moral as well as mental...
...rayless eyes are turned in vain...