Word: want
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...murder to be found in Teutonic nations resemble the Gothic architecture and the poetry of Shakspeare in their wilder style, their higher emotion, their deep and solemn mystery. Coming to our own time, is it surprising that our architecture, our painting, our poetry, our murders, all betray a miserable want of purpose, of sincerity, of well-trained effort...
Another point has not been noticed enough, that of the want of bathing opportunities. Of the students whose homes are at a distance, few enjoy the luxury, or rather necessity, of a bath without incurring the expense of going to a hotel. Matthews and Holyoke are the only buildings furnished with bath-rooms. Why would it not be feasible to put up such accommodations in the, for the most part, unused basements of Hollis, Stoughton, Holworthy, and Weld, as there are in the basement of Matthews? If this plan were carried out, it would, we think, do more...
...thicker it grew; and as I am averse to all duties that have to be performed regularly, I soon conceived a great prejudice against my mustache, and read all the medical books I could get hold of, to see if there was no antidote against it. I did not want to let it grow, because its color is a sort of magenta, and I had not then made up my mind to go to Harvard...
...they go, one cannot in a year fully master the principles they should teach. We cannot too earnestly express the hope that the possibility of the formation of these new art-courses will speedily become a certainty; and we are confident that, when established, they will never be in want of students...
SCENE. - Math. Room. - Mr. Smith at the board endeavoring to eliminate x, y, and u from three equations. Professor comes and stands by Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith grows nervous and "puts it up tighter." Professor inquires blandly, "What do you want to get rid of now, sir?" Mr. Smith, fearfully bored, replies, "Want to get rid of u, sir." Class applauds. - Va. Univ. Magazine...