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Word: limiting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...watched the dancing, and wondered why somebody had not written upon "Dancing as a Revelation of Character," or upon the "Limit of the Diaphanous in Dress." I tried the diversion of repeating my fables for French 1, but - mirabile dictu - found no amusement in that. Were examinations anything but vexation of spirit? Should we ever be able to get "the maximum of knowledge with the minimum of grind"? Happy thought! Behold a royal road to learning! Let all your friends be grinds, - grinds pure, undefiled. Their brains, you know, when crammed for an examination, are only sponges dipped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A REMINISCENCE. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...mile walk. Club members only, 8-30 limit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

...judge for ourselves when it is necessary to absent ourselves, and we certainly ought to be capable of judging. But if we do not follow the dictates of our judgment, and cut for the sake of pleasure, we abuse the privilege, and make it necessary for the Faculty to limit the privilege by some such regulations as have been recently passed. For all such regulations, we, and not the Faculty, are responsible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/24/1879 | See Source »

...Senior Scullers' Race (handicap, limit 6 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

...Senior Scullers' Race (handicap, limit 6 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

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