Word: young
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...WILY old cat, having by her vigorous efforts well thinned out a colony of mice, had one day got within her reach a certain young mouse, almost the last survivor of his race. He begged the feline for his life and liberty. "I am," said he, "very young, and have never tried to escape or outwit you. I have an interest in the continuance of our species, and although you may devour me now, there will be no gratification in having exterminated...
...impertinent, young man," said she. "You must be more respectful, or I will give a bad account of you on the Last...
...shrugged her shoulders like a French woman. "Don't you see them?" she asked. Of course I had to see them, so I remarked that they were very pretty. "Young man," she began again, "have you any peanuts with...
STUDENTS are warned not to give clothes to a young man who shows a letter of recommendation. and mentions the name of a Crimson editor as a reference...
Still more from Young's Hotel...