Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dear, of late a foolish idleness...
...before the Semis. This night the foolish collegians who have tarried all the autumn on field or river, till the examination, buy oil for their lamps and put on an immortal brace ere the morrow cometh...
...WISH to call attention to the penny-wise and pound-foolish policy which the Memorial Hall Dining Association is pursuing, in crowding men into tables much to the discomfort of every one. This is especially noticeable in the small room, where, not content with packing forty boarders into very limited quarters, measures are being taken to sit fourteen at each table, instead of twelve. I believe there are more than thirty boarders at Memorial beyond the seating capacity; and, although we are told that this number helps to reduce the cost of living, there are few of us who would...
When wheedling consent from her fond, foolish parent...
...foolish heart, and, strange...