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Word: well (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Sport I have heard this pastime called. Well, yes, it did furnish a good deal of sport to my host's pretty daughter. I now think that the taste for this amusement must be cultivated, and somebody else will have to cultivate mine considerably before I again allow it to make of me a walking clothes-line and unabridged dictionary of profanity combined. Simple Simon was a young Solomon when he chose his mother's pail for his fish-pond. The rest of my visit was more pleasantly devoted to the hammock, the pretty daughter, and the sketch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PISCATORIAL. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...bowling-alleys of the new Gymnasium are finely made and well fitted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...academies whence they come, without allowing time enough to inquire into the merits and abilities of the several candidates. The result of this custom is, as was to be expected, that in the majority of cases these reputed leaders have failed to maintain their own prowess, as well as to discharge satisfactorily the executive and financial duties incumbent upon them. To avoid this undesirable result, it has been suggested that the three captains should be elected temporarily, so as to have some one to put the men in training immediately; then, as soon after the Christmas recess as is deemed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...will be glad to show you. Here you will subscribe to two copies of the Crimson: one must never leave you; the other you will send home regularly, for it will show mamma, and Sister Lou, and Cousin Sukey how nice and kind the College gentlemen are, and how well Master Jacky will be taken care...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO EMBRYO FRESHMEN. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...These are the well-known words of Mark Antony returning from Caesar's funeral...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO EMBRYO FRESHMEN. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

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