Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...suppose it is by an editor. The free verse form is very difficult to manage successfully, and it is by no means equally good throughout, either in rhythm or tone. The lines descriptive of the mouse itself have a quaint charm; but why is the man glad? Was he afraid of the mouse, or was he only too lazy to sweep up the crumbs himself? G. K. Munroe's "Castles" has undeniable music, but most of the sense is beyond me. H. T. Pulsifer's sonnet on Lincoln is, like much of the verse on the theme published during...
...kill Agrippina, but he hesitated for a long time until he was sure of its being accomplished in secrecy. In the spring of 59, murderers sank the ship on which Nero had persuaded Agrippina to go. But Agrippina escaped by swimming and hastened back to Rome. Nero was afraid of his mother and at first did not dare to return to Rome. Later, however, his second attempt on his mother's life was successful. Nero, now free from restraint, surrounded himself with musicians and singers, and lived in a continuous orgy. His lavish expenditures and desire for pleasure alarmed...
...Afraid-of-a-Bear, left guard, is 20 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs 192 pounds...
...wish to go home for Saturday or Sunday. Others go to the nearest city to amuse themselves. Each of these things, particularly the latter, is a more serious cause of interruption to college work than are most of the intercollegiate sports. If sports keep the students together, I am afraid we shall do more harm than good by discouraging them." Princeton also has little cause for worry, for President Wilson said at a recent dinner in Chicago that by athletics the great majority of undergraduates are not too much absorbed...
...notice, but who had had nothing to do with its insertion, waited in vain for his class. It is with chagrin that we must publicly announce that there is still among us a man who stoops to forgery as a means of avoiding attendance at his lectures. Afraid to face the result of his own cuts, he has adopted the method of the coward. Unfortunately this individual will remain in our midst, enjoying the undeserved respect of his fellow students...