Word: woode
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Groceries, except sugar, Wood...
...Tiger, however fierce and frantic he be, make a menagerie all by himself? Can a feather go off in a corner and flock alone by itself? But he is a strong Tiger and very, very fierce, and his claws are sharp, and they make very astonishing cuts in the wood. But perhaps the Tiger is only sharpening his claws. Who will cage this Tiger...
...practical men, hence classical training was neither enjoined nor forbidden in the will. The students, therefore, seem immature compared with those of New England universities. The principal building is fireproof; even the roof is built of slabs of marble. The stairs from bottom to top are self-supporting, without wood-work. This building is devoted wholly to the business of instruction, and the teachers are responsible for the good conduct of the pupils while under their care. When they pass from the recitation rooms they fall under the eye of an entirely different set of officers, who regulate their whole...
...president of Dartmouth College caught one of the students helping himself to wood from the presidential pile. 'Young man,' saith the venerable officer, 'what authority have you for taking away that wood?' To which the youthful rogue, mindful of his Latin syntax, replied, 'Opus and Usus, signifying 'need,' require the 'Ablative.' 'Take it, my son, take it,' said the old man; 'but when you have need again come to me and I will give you better authority than that...
...storage and sale of second-hand furniture, books and other articles placed with the society for sale on commission, and shall remit to the depositors the proceeds of such sales after deducting the commissions. He shall make all purchases on behalf of the society, of books, stationers' materials, coal, wood, and such other articles as may be specified by the directors, and shall keep an exact and full account of the same, and also a separate and exact account of articles received for sale on commission, and the proceeds, and disposition of the proceeds thereof, as well...