Word: wording
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...those living in private houses who wish to give clothes are requested to send word to Thayer 30 before Thursday morning...
...well told, with a tender, though sad, picturing of nature and life. The author's conception of boy-life is at times a bit strained and unreal, but more often consistent and true to nature. The style is good throughout, and in places admirable. The author excels in word-painting, which gives to her descriptions a living quality which they would otherwise lack. In her endeavor for vividness, the author occasionally over-reaches herself; as, for instance, when she speaks of the "greenly-waving grass." This fault, however, is a minor one, and is eclipsed by the many good qualities...
Robert Steed Dunn has a handful of sonnets of very uniform quality. With the exception of the verses entitled "By the Agean," there is more richness of word than of thought in their composition...
...That the postponement of the election for a few days will harmfully prolong the excitement can hardly have been seriously meant. That, after all, it is better that only those interested should vote, is a proposition the fallacy in which is evident when we consider the ambiguity of the word "interested...
PROSPECT UNION.- Classes will not meet during the recess unless the teachers who remain in Cambridge send word to C. A. Seivwright at the Union...