Word: well
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...ancient fiddle? Well, the fiddle...
SOPHOMORE (apparently stumped). Well, ah-he began by saying-ah-(a radiant smile begins to spread itself over his countenance)-"Mr. President."- Mercury...
...last week. This was the first occasion on which the II H had emerged from its mysterious haunts, commonly supposed to be in the immediate vicinity of Brighton Street, for such a purpose, and curiosity was generally aroused concerning the product of so many years' incubation. The hall was well filled with the wearers of the purple and white, and their friends...
...Groton's oration was ably written and well delivered. In his modest and graceful exordium he alluded to the long-courted obscurity of the society, now laid aside for the first time after eight years of successful existence. He then passed to his subject, "Genius," in the treatment of which he showed equal facility of expression and freshness of thought. Many of the touches in the latter part evidenced the presence of the subject of his oration...
...world, and to keep it, is to say nothing, to express our wisdom, like the owl, by our looks. The owl, throughout all history, has been distinguished for its dignified silence. When the ancients conferred upon it the proud title of the "Bird of Wisdom," they knew well what were the outward characteristics of wisdom. "Familiarity breeds contempt," says the old proverb, and the man who makes himself common by overmuch speaking will find an unpleasant confirmation of its truth...