Word: departing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...soon let athletics depart...
...that can possibly be desired; that the poem will be entirely satisfactory; that the spreads will not be overcrowded; that the evening will be fine; and, finally, that the fair creatures who may honor the occasion by their presence, as they gather their tattered trains about them and depart to their several homes when the lanterns begin to fall and the lights go out, will all sweetly declare that they "never had such a nice time in their lives...
...when Cute had eaten his fill, he arose to depart. And the master of the shop stood in his way, and said unto him, "Give me my due." Now the master of the shop was of small stature; and Cute seized him and beat his head upon the floor, and took his garment, and went his way. And the garment was rich and shapely...
...unsuspecting and guileless youth that are drawn to that "sink of iniquity" by the regatta. Therefore, he thinks that his "free-born Vermonters" - who would never go astray of their own free-will and accord, but who might be compelled by the evil associations of the place to depart from the straight path of virtue - had better stay away from Saratoga until some one can "insure" them against the intrusion of the aforesaid gamblers and blacklegs; and as at present there is no company which takes risks in that line they are likely to remain away for some time...
...there were evil rulers in that city who rose up and said, Come, let us make a decree that all who pass by shall worship in our temple, and let them depart empty that will not worship...