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Soon after 'tis a yell in room I hearrd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR PROFESSOR CHILD'S COLLECTION. | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

...with a smothered yell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SKELETON IN KNICKERBOCKERS. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

...slamming of doors, the outburst of what is called by courtesy music. Sometimes you hear a man call for "Tom" by the half-hour, as if Tom were some mighty heathen god. It must be pleasant, too, when the indefatigable athlete above you drops his Indian clubs with a yell that suggests the origin of the name applied to those useful articles, and begins to practise the last new step. I have heard that in some of the old buildings men frequently have to bring up coal and water from the lower regions, and I know perfectly well that most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUTSIDE. | 1/23/1880 | See Source »

Rushes the bummer, with a yell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...such a yell was there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

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