Word: bordered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...would involve a confiscation of private property. The owner of land on the border of a stream has, by common law, a right to the use of the water.- Nation...
...opens with a short poem, the verse of which is much better than the subject. The first prose article, 'The Man Without a Name," is a highly interesting piece of writing, and the author does not hesitate to embody in the plot some startling details. The story threatens to border on the sensational, but its sudden and unexpected ending forbids such doubtful promise...
...German army has aided the growth of socialistic schemes, for acquiescence to authority has become a part of the German mind. In England, however, socialism is democratic; it has grown up from experience. Although Englishmen have always objected to state interference, yet they have fallen into ideas that border very closely on state control of railroads and other public enterprises. English professors and writers all show a tendency to throw off the old laissez-faire conception and take up a mild form of socialism. All men cannot help themselves; state help is necessary. The old state of society is inadequate...
...year or two without doubt before the much desired means of rapid transit can be ours. The point at which the trial half mile begins is in East Cambridge, near the Bay State Glass Works, in the vicinity of Fourth Street, and it continues from there on the border line between Somerville and Cambridge to the great pork packing establishment of John P. Squire's. The above facts were learned from one of the engineers directly in charge of the construction of the road, and may be considered reliable...
...were compelled at first to board out among the few miserable dwellings of the town. One by one the colleges were founded until, in Milton's time, the supremacy of Oxford University was threatened. As in Oxford the colleges all face upon one broad street, while their pleasant gardens border on the banks of their patron river. Of the Museums, the Fitzwilliam is the chief, noted for its fine collection of engravings, while many a fine piece of statuary can be found in its halls. The Senate House, dreaded by the incoming freshman, and the University Library, with its half...