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Word: warped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...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. John Morrissey may not have been present at the convention in person, but does any one doubt that his influence silently swayed those delegates? It will no doubt be worth millions of dollars to John Morrissey to have that literary contest held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 2/27/1874 | See Source »

...Warp and woof, into cloth of gold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AGONY: | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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