Word: visited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Captain relapsed into the quiet complacency of one who had a good story to tell to expectant listeners. "It was about twilight when we two - Jackson and I - set out on horseback from Rio Janeiro. We were going to pay a visit to an old friend of ours, Don Reggio, whose place was about twenty miles outside the city...
...often heard him mentioned, and I knew that he was expected to visit Centre Harbor sometime before the end of the summer; therefore I was not greatly surprised at the news...
...Swinburne had no sooner sat down, amid rapturous applause, than the "Sweet Singer of Michigan" arose. "I have here," said she, "a few verses, composed during a recent visit to my sister, Queen Victoria, which I will read...
TOOTSY SWIDGER was a farmer's daughter, and had lived all her life at Esquopaug, a small town of New Hampshire. She had been invited to visit Cambridge by her aunt, Prudence Meeker, a very aesthetic lady, and one who moved in the most cultured society. A few words will suffice to describe Tootsy. Her hair fell in liquid, melting ringlets over her high and classic forehead; her eyes were wavy and dreamy in their expression; she had a fascinating little "nez retrousse," and teeth of pearly whiteness; her lips were ruddy, and appeared tempting in the soft sunlight...
...Tootsy's visit, however, had not been without its consequences. During the first part of her stay she had made the acquaintance of a minor of '84, and a very charming young man, - if he was a trifle fresh...