Word: prospects
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...will be pleasing to reflect that, by adventuring in this lottery, they will combine the prospect of gain with the certainly of benefiting the University; and, by lending their aid to the means of education, will promote the best interests of their country...
...dining in Boston the other day. A Senior sat next to the lady of the house, and during the dinner she asked him how he felt at the prospect of his departure from Cambridge...
...terrified, for the last time the beast was down, - by the way, he never lay down of his own accord, - they had to use another horse to pull him up again. The prospect looked gloomy, but I unharnessed him, and with my aunt's help drew the carriage back out of the way; then I got a rail from the fence, and, using a large stone as a fulcrum, I began to pry him up according to the most approved rules of Goodeve's mechanics. At the same time my aunt inserted the point of her parasol in a tender...
...prospect for new buildings is discouraging...
...Reading-Room Association is to be congratulated. Already enough has been subscribed to pay the current expenses of the year, and there is every prospect of paying the liberally discounted gas-bill. It has become a serious question, however, whether again to attempt lighting the hall. The gas-bills were formerly $ 300 a year, and would probably be as much now. By using droplights for the tables, and side lights for the standing files, no doubt there would be a great saving; but it is understood that no alterations in the manner of lighting will be allowed on account...