Word: wrung
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Dates: during 1878-1878
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...Wrung the dampness from his hair...
...story goes that Nicholas has wrung many a dear heart in Boston by his cold indifference to its smiles. I acknowledge a sympathy with the fair captives, and confess to a certain weakness for the little Italian myself. The orangeman (who, by the way, is a stanch Romanist) affords me no little delight; there is a pleasure in communion of thought with the gentlemanly poco; but the picturesqueness of the uncombed locks of the Italian boy, and the fine frenzy of his black eyes, have charms that especially captivate...