Word: darkest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...brief but very enjoyable sketch of the political squabbles during the years 1850-61. Mr. Chas. H. Peck, in his admirable exposition of Aaron Burr's political career, has very ably supported the political role played by Burr in opposition to his rival Hamilton until he comes to the darkest page of Burr's life-the attempt to dismember the Union. It may be well, however, for those who are prone to criticize Burr too severely without ever having heard his side of the story set forth in the best possible shape to read "A Study of Aaron Burr...
...provisional list of examinations which is published to-day resembles very much those of the preceding years; it is only pleasant things that come as surprises, disagreeable events are always foreseen - casting darkest shadows before...
...their guide; they descended into the deep dungeons of old castles, and he read the inscriptions on the walls, requiring no light. "It is wonderful," cried the wise men, "what power of sight this man has! With him we may venture into the darkest recesses of the earth." They traveled on and crossed the seas, and came finally to a large city, and in this city was a great university, and this university had a building famous for its darkness. Few men knew what was within its walls. The arrival of the wise men and their companion with the powerful...
...uniforms of the nine. although very handsome, are hardly crimson in color. Their jerseys are the darkest we have seen in college...
...genius. Having distinguished himself at Harvard as one of the finest Greek scholars ever graduated from that university, he went to England and continued his studies in Cambridge. While there he became a member of the famous university debating-club, the Cambridge Union, and in that body, during that darkest period of our Civil War, when all England looked with sympathy upon the rebellion, he drew great attention to himself, both in great Britain and America, by his cogent and eloquent arguments in behalf of the Northern States. On his return he delivered before the Lowell Institute in Boston...