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Word: famed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...live is Fame. Nay, Fortune hath forgot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONNET. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...found a small snub-nosed boy with his basket full of fine trout. The little wretch had fished the brook just a hundred yards ahead of me. I descended to base flattery, and attempted corruption. Noble Young America (of course his name was Bill) declined to barter his fame and his fish for gold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PISCATORIAL. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...FAME...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...what is fame? An empty name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...numbers, and the future of athletics here (until the craze dies out in, say, ten months' time) looks bright indeed. Fast men we have at all distances and at all gaits, and to the mile-runners and mile-walkers, especially, a capital chance is given of winning both fame and valuable cups, As may be recollected, this column, last fall, offered two cups of $25 each for any man who would beat 4 min. 50 sec. in a mile run, or 7 min. 40 sec. in a mile walk. These prizes will be given, as per agreement, at the Spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

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