Word: vileness
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...want, and will, very probably, give you rather too much of theirs. Evenings ought to be devoted to pleasure. That is what they were made for; and if you ever try to devote them to anything else, you will probably succeed in ruining your eyes by the vile gaslight which Cambridge people endure...
...Vile, seeking darkness hid from view...
...26th of September, 1874, this triumph of American genius set out from New York Harbor, bearing the precious freight of Rufus Hatch, lobbyist, director of the company, etc., together with several other directors and a few passengers, including three ladies, whom the vile conversation of the aforesaid directors of the P. M. S. S. confined to their rooms...
...common vehicles for these rough roads, although we sometimes meet the luxurious bumping-board to remind us of New England. The natives seem to rank among the lowest types of humanity, their chief object in living being the eating of pork or fat of any kind, the drinking of vile whiskey, and the smoking of worse tobacco. One accomplishment they have, however, - a wonderful skill in poling. One man stands in the bow, and one in the stern, and with marvelous dexterity they push their crank barks up a very rapid current, and on their return let it slowly glide...
...hold their first annual literary contest in the city of New York will strike the moral sentiment of the country with surprise. Good men everywhere will view the decision with sorrow and mortification. There is but one conclusion possible in the case. The college convention was captured by the vile emissaries of Tammany. We need not name the methods that were probably employed to procure the bringing of innocent college boys within reach of those unmentionable influences in the great metropolis. The ways of Tammany are dark, and its appliances to warp the judgment of men are subtle and powerful...