Word: bitterness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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SEVERAL communications have reached us relating to the decisions of the Faculty in regard to the Glee Club concerts and theatrical performances given by students. These, together with our own observation, show that there is a very general and even bitter feeling among the students against these decisions, as arbitrary, and hostile to their natural rights...
...nights keep growing bitter cold...
...Bowdoin Orient gives a very full and fair-minded account of the situation of affairs. It is evident that the students feel themselves in the right. The statement of their case against the College government is straightforward and manly, with a marked freedom from any tone of bitter complaint which might argue their cause a poor...
...friend is certainly taking too tragic a view of the matter. He apparently fears that Decoration Day will rouse bitter and revengeful thoughts in the minds of the people who throng the streets to witness its yearly celebration. It needs very little knowledge of human nature to perceive that the majority of the people who appear on the streets that day come out simply and solely to enjoy themselves...
...that church to make the means subservient to the end; and we need feel no surprise at finding them on any side in the political Donnybrook fair. Meanwhile, the elections in England seem to have been carried on with as much disturbance as ever disgraced us in our most bitter party contests. It is difficult to perceive what benefit is to accrue to the English working-people from any change in the Ministry; but perhaps they fight first and reflect afterwards, or, more likely still, do not reflect...