Word: strangest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thousand and one instances might be cited, in which, merely as a flight of the imagination, or to serve a more practical Deus-ex-machina end, dreams have been used by authors. Before such an array of wonderful dreams, we cannot but admit that dreams are among the strangest things in a strange universe. We begin to feel as humble as old Socrates, who said that he knew only that he knew nothing. It is from this very fact of our growing humility that I draw the conclusion that we are in advance of the past ages in our learning...
Fresh. No. 1, (running up to F. No, 2.) "Say, Smith, I've just heard the strangest thing! I can't really believe...
...Harvard ('86) correspondent of the Phillipian, says: "The thing which is the strangest to our 'freshman understanding' is the absolute freedom. After leaving Andover we hardly know what to do with ourselves, unless we hear the quarter of eight bell strike, to warn us to our rooms. Another change which, though strange, is pleasant, is the step from Andover clubs or boarding-houses to the magnificent dining-hall at 'Memorial.' I say 'magnificent,' begging all pardon for speaking differently from Clarence Cook in his article published in the North American Review...
...strangest look of happiness...