Word: vowing
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...Cape Cod was so called," said Mr. Lincoln, "because of a vow by the discoverer of it that he would name the place with the name of the first fish he caught off its coasts. It's rather lucky for the inhabitants, by the way, that he didn't catch an eel." The first town settled was Eastham, and the first inhabitants came from the Plymouth settlement. But it is Mr. Lincoln's theory, based on deduction, that the settlers came by sea. For we are given to understand that our Pilgrim Fathers were men of commonsense and piety...
...worthy, would dare lay claim to such a solemn honor. All those who do, take upon themselves the holy vow to live "honoris causa...
...University; the writer urges that, as Harvard cannot move for reform till she is victorious, the thing to do at present is to win. There are three prose stories--all with good points. "The Voice of Mastery" describes a conflict between the sense of obligation to the marriage vow and passion for a woman who recognizes and inspires the man's literary ambition. The analysis of the man's feminine poetical temperament (represented as sometimes stimulated by preprandial cognac) is careful; the style is somewhat labored and stilted. "Over There" is a pleasantly told episode. "The Lamentable Case of Churchill...
...vow to live for righteousness and truth...
...assured that this reparation for this "heartrending" episode has already caused the officers and members of our orchestral club to break the vow which they had made never to accept another invitation to play in Wellesley. Now they are in that frame of mind that they can conceive of no more ideal ending to this intercollegiate misunderstanding than an invitation to play in Wellesley in the spring, when balmy moonlight nights enhance the already great charms of that delightful spot...