Word: wateringly
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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What is here known as a "squirt" is called at other places a "rowl" or "rush." The analogy between the sudden ejection of water from a pipe and the quick and forcible expulsion of words from the mouth probably gave rise to this word, which so aptly expresses what it is intended to by sound merely. At some colleges a person of a religious turn of mind is variously denominated "evangelical," "long-ear," and "donkey." I confess myself as ignorant of the similarity which exists between these terms and that which they define as any from the ranks...
...time. A thorough acquaintance with a few good books is of more advantage to the student than the smattering gained by the hasty perusal of a great number, one following another in such rapid succession that the mind is unable to digest any of them, but just as Cambridge water poured through a sieve, they leave only the more prominent facts behind, while much that is of real value is lost. The practice so common of reading all the new publications is of no real value except to enable one to maintain the position of a literary connoisseur, in appearance...
...marble slab. I imagined myself a dead and unknown body waiting in the "Morgue" for identification, but was soon reminded that I could still experience sensation by the ill-bred behavior of my foreign friend. He assaulted me with a combination of blows, rubs, hot and cold water, and soap, and wound up by asking me if I wanted a "plunge." Passing over his insolent conduct in silence, I requested him to produce his "plunge." I descended a flight of slippery steps, and gently stepped into a tank of cool, refreshing water. The place was long and winding, lighted...
...steadily at first. That is removed now, and in their perfect time and clean feathering throughout the boat they are hardly equalled by the other crews. They have a tendency to hurry up their stroke, and lose a little on their reach by nervously putting their oars in the water before fully forward...
...leaving no apology, no consolation behind. There is a fable which tells how an old goose and a young duck once found a hole in the ice in winter-time, and how, though the goose could not be induced to accompany the duck into the water, partly by praises of the bracing and healthful effect sure to follow, and partly by gentle physical suasion, she succeeded in getting the duck in, and how, when once in, the goose would not let her out again. The duck's remonstrances were monosyllabic, partly expletives corresponding to those men use under similar circumstances...