Word: wings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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FOREIGN.Parnell will probably soon come to an open rupture with the Fenian wing of the Land League on account of his conciliatory attitude toward the government. An extraordinary bill to repress crime was yesterday introduced in the House of Commons. The funeral of Lord Cavendish took place yesterday, attended by a large crowd of notables, including Gladstone. Further attempts are being made to discover the assassins, and several arrests have been made on suspicion. Mr. Trevelyan, the new chief secretary, has arrived in Dublin...
...extreme easterly end of the ground-floor is a large lecture room 42 by 48, corresponding to one of the same dimensions in the westerly wing of the building. Coming back to the vestibule and going through the door at the northerly side, toward the rear of the building, the large hall is entered running nearly east and west, leading from one wing to the other, and furnishing communication between the large lecture rooms. This hall is lighted by a circular bay window at either end, and the effect of the hall is very much added to by a circular...
...bringing together of two utterly incongruous elements in such a manner as to make them appear ludicrous, Miss Asphyxia was a huge joke. When young Butterfield came down stairs with his hair nicely oiled and parted, and brushed up on each side in the form of a pigeon-wing, and his store clothes on, he was immediately struck by the appearance of Asphyxia, and the only thing he could think of was the Rollo books which he had found a few years before in the Sunday School library of his native town, Saug Centre. He began to wonder...
...year 1882 finds Lasell Seminary busy and prosperous, rejoicing in the possession of a handsome new wing which almost doubles the size of the original building, yet, with all this additional room, the school is full to overflowing. The wing has long been needed, and as we enjoy its conveniences, we congratulate ourselves that it has come in our time. Among other things, one peculiarly "Lasellian" feature is the model kitchen, where our future housekeepers practise weekly the art and mystery of cooking. It is a pleasant sight to watch a group of enthusiastic girls at the work, with rolled...
...delay his wing...