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Word: wended (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...possession of it. Now a number of single combats takes place in almost every one of which the Sophomores gain the victory. I now look to my spoils. I have captured this time two '88 hats and recaptured an '87 hat from an '88 man. I feel content and wend my way home. As I am about to mount the steps of the dormitory, I cast my eyes over toward the Delta of Memorial, and there I see three Freshmen standing near the statue of John Harvard, evidently up to some mischief. I watch until they are gone and then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Sophomore's Account of the Rush. | 11/11/1884 | See Source »

...great attraction. The examples of the success of the new method are numerous. Who has not observed the breathless interest with which the entrance of any procession on the stage is now greeted? Perhaps it is the solemnity, the grandeur of a marching host in the background, who wend their stately way along the boards with a polka-mazurka step, each man puffing his chest with martial ardor, and grinning as his Darwinian ancestors did when skipping playfully among the tree-tops. The ease of their postures, the classic, statuesque grace of their attitudes, with head on one side, mouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR DRAMATIC SCHOOL. | 3/8/1883 | See Source »

...left my friend, and turned to wend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VISIT TO A YOUNG M.D. | 12/10/1880 | See Source »

Thence did we wend, I clinging to my guide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE COMEDY. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

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