Word: youthe
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bell rang, and a little before ten all the guests reluctantly took leave. As we passed out at the door, our thoughts were veritably lowered from the sublime to the ridiculous; for a smooth faced youth was there giving out circulars and catalogues to all who left the hall. Men are men everywhere. A church basement is often made into a grocery store; and a delightful evening's entertainment is turned into a means of advertisement and a seeking after pecuniary profit...
...graduation at a high school, seems at first a long time to devote to mere preparation for the later practical work of life. In itself it is perhaps a long time; but in the added power and more elevated and comprehensive conceptions that it imparts, it is short. Our youth to-day are too much inclined to hurry. In the travels of Baron Munchausen, we read of a man who had to have cannon balls tied to his feet to prevent him from running too fast. Would it not be well to tie something of the same sort, say, four...
...Barracks are inspected daily, and an inquisition officer can cause us much trouble. The clothes-bag, for instance, is probably doing duty as pantry and wine-cellar, and may contain a pipe or a pack of cards. For tunately, the inspecting officers remember the days of their youth, and give suspicious receptacles a wide berth...
Student Life, the periodical published by the students of Washington University, St. Louis, says "The future of the University is bright; she is in all the vigor of youth, and it is only a matter of a few years when we who are now receiving instruction in her classic halls can point with pride to her as the most 'superbly endowed' American University...
...used to admonish not to turn an old man too soon-don't be thunderstruck if this same fellow should all at once, subito furore obreptus, commence Don Quixote for his adorable Dulcinea. I have reason to believe she has a very good opinion of me; and indeed a youth of my turn has a better chance to gain the affections of a lady of her character than any other: but my mind is in such an agreeable situation, that being refused would not be so fatal as to drive me to despair, as your hot-brained romantic lovers talk...