Word: collection
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...walked on in deep reverie. "T is true," I said to myself, "that collecting is the rage of the age; I don't collect; can it be said that...
This question was too deep to solve; but the truth remained that every one collects something. Little boys collect birds' eggs; little girls, postage-stamps; theatre-goers, photographs; young ladies collect gentlemen's cards; older gentlemen collect tracts and MSS.; middle-aged ladies have a perfect mania for old lace and delft; and, finally, tradesmen are crazy to collect bills...
...will be allowed to row in the Scratch Races unless he makes the necessary payments beforehand. Last year, after the races, it was found almost impossible to collect the money...
...calmly draw near that fatal threshold and unmoved send up his petition. Again, some of us, especially now in the semiannuals, cannot afford the time such a daily task requires. Now these difficulties might be removed by having the Secretary's boy go around each Monday morning and collect the petitions. It is a simple task, for, although at first he must knock at each door, he would soon learn what rooms he needed specially to visit, and could tell almost by intuition the men who had petitions. This may seem but a trifling suggestion, but as it concerns...
...been proposed of late to start an Historical Society at Harvard. The movement has already begun, and it is greatly to be desired that it succeed. The object of such a society is evident, namely, to collect several copies of the various text-books used in all the History electives, and place them at the disposal of the men who are studying History. The plan brought forward is this : It is thought that the College will provide a suitable and convenient room, where the books will be handy for every one. Out of the two hundred men in college...