Word: size
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...about to send to London for jerseys and stockings. They are to be black and gold striped. The price of jerseys will be eight shillings apiece, the stockings seven shillings per pair. All wishing to order at the same time can do so by leaving their names (with size of shirt and sock) at 35 M. before Wednesday, April...
...animals of the olden time; for even now, here in our midst, several species of this animal are found. To speak scientifically, literary butterflies are bipeds, of the genus Homo. Their bodies are regularly shaped and their wings, though formed of thin tissues of imagination, often grow to great size. Breaking out from the cocoon of indifference to every mental pursuit which often surrounds their boyhood or girlhood, - for the females of this species are more numerous than the males, - they see the wide field of literature spread invitingly before them. Guided by the whim of the moment, as their...
...holding about a gallon) are placed on the centre of the table. The ice is broken by the President, who makes a short speech, proposes a toast, and then attacks one of the mugs. Each one in turn drinks round till these are emptied, when, substituting glasses of smaller size, they begin their matches. One of their amusements is to raise their glasses at the same time, and drink in such perfect unison that, on setting them down, they say, "One, two, three," together. If any one drinks faster than the rest, or, in order to shout, sets his glass...
...think that neither the Magenta nor the Advocate is quite the paper that an institution of the size, pretensions, and undoubted ability of Harvard ought to produce...
...says the College Argus. Its notions of what "an institution of the size, pretensions, and undoubted ability" of Wesleyan ought to produce are shown in an article entitled "Twilight Musings." We are introduced to a young lady called Mabel, who, being somewhat impecunious, and an orphan withal, foolishly wishes for the riches of this world. By an ingenious process of castle-building she attains her end in about fifteen minutes; but the powers of earth, air, water, and fire - as exemplified in the sun - begin to send in such exorbitant tax-bills for the use of their respective elements, that...