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Word: wait (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...must wait till the harness is mended; it will be half an hour or more. You must take her with you, and make your horse go. You can get home in eight minutes, if you try. Mamma will know what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHRISTMAS WAITS. | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...when the first batch of ladies came down, I mildly suggested that we should immediately begin the embarkation, - a long and serious task, I assured them. To which dear Mary would have yielded, but Mrs. Earl thought they would wait for the others; "and, I'm sure, Master Morris, you and I need all the heat we can get before our ride...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHRISTMAS WAITS. | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...Athenaeum, and get front seats. Then wait for us in the hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LED ASTRAY. | 12/7/1877 | See Source »

...from my window. I was fast succumbing to an attack of ennui. I had the papers; but somehow the war in the East had no longer any interest for me, and I was quite mixed in regard to the situation in France. "Dear me!" I exclaimed, "I 'll wait till I am a Sophomore and elect political economy, and meanwhile I 'll leave the Russian bear to hibernate at Plevna...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GRIND. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

...elaborate plans to the world, will do solid, sustained, faithful work, and lead his class. Who are the men who are destined to fall into these various positions? Unlike the impatient novel-reader, we cannot satisfy our curiosity by glancing at the last few pages, but must patiently wait for the denouement, - till the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/27/1877 | See Source »

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