Word: wronged
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...have met with this week, is an ode to the "Concord River," in the Tuftonian. The general effect is good, though marred somewhat by bad epithets and one or two unnecessary inversions. We would like to know what color a "blushing violet" is, and it seems as if the wrong deity had the adjective in the line...
...Princetonian has a tirade against smoking, and more especially against inhaling, and says "Vultures and wolves have been known to turn away from the dead body of a tobacco-user." This shows clearly that any person who uses tobacco does wrong, because he thereby deprives "vultures and wolves" of that which is, no doubt, their due. But as an argument against the weed its force will not be felt by any one who does not intend himself especially for wolf-meat...
Investigation showed that, owing to the crowded car and her proximity to the tall student, she had in fact put her hand into the wrong pocket. The student was not arrested...
...interference and conflict. No person connected with the University has labored more assiduously than he, or to better purpose. Intelligence, discretion, vigilance, patience, punctuality, integrity, kindness, were all equally essential qualities for one in his position, and they were so perfectly united in him that we should do him wrong by selecting either of them for special praise. He merits our enduring gratitude for his loyal service to the College, and our reverent memory for his blameless excellence in every relation of life...
...thou alone dost know true right and wrong...