Word: afford
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...college. But they were not then, we claim, understood; they were merely hurried through as so much task-work. It is only in later years that the fine points of these authors are seen. In regard to Dante, no one who professes to any respectable degree of culture can afford to be ignorant of the writings of the great Florentine. Moliere has never suffered for want of hearers; but it is chiefly noticeable that the merely comical, rather than the serious parts, were most enjoyed by those who flocked to hear Mr. Bocher, - a fact that sheds no imperishable lustre...
...nothing coming in. Expensive boats were bought, used for one race, and then laid on the rests to rot. The University Boat-House was kept, at the expense of all, for the use of a few patient fellows, who were trained and scolded and worked, and then beaten. To afford cheap rowing for all another boat-house was built, and another lot of boats bought (or rather taken, for I believe they are not yet paid for), and the club system inaugurated. The club members had to pay, in addition to their subscriptions to the crew, a good deal...
...pleasure that we observe the enterprise of the editors of the Dartmouth in securing for their paper regular and special correspondents at Vassar, Smith, and Wellesley Colleges. These letters, we are promised, will be "sprightly, interesting, but honest," and the writers will be the most brilliant that these institutions afford. O happy and much-to-be-envied Dartmouth...
...remembered that my father said, "Go to the best lawyer," so I walked around in contemplation of the office, and at last went to the man who has the best room in Sears Block. That was the handsomest building, by long odds, and, thought I, the men who can afford it ought to be the best...
...concerned the time heretofore devoted to these subjects has been too short. Opportunity is now offered to gain that practice in writing which is essential to almost every man who would communicate to others his ideas and the results of his study. The aim of the course is to afford individual help and encouragement, and the books used and the subjects given out will be selected with this object in view. Judging from the subjects which the instructor in this course has given out in the past, those who take English 5 will have no reason to complain...