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Word: array (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1880
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...there is a step even lower than this; the work of preparation for the annual examinations may render it impossible to attend base-ball games, but no such plea can be urged by the numbers of students who witness the games from the fence of Jarvis Field. A goodly array of familiar faces on the benches does much towards the encouragement of the Nine, not only by applause, but also in a pecuniary way. The Nine is largely dependent for its support on the receipts from the sales of tickets for the games; is it possible that gentlemen will take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

...chorus of disapprobation. "How ungraceful these modern garments are! Why did n't you wear something flowing?" I mildly suggested that I had nothing in that line except a dressing-gown, and that I had not undertaken to make a guy of myself. So the class proceeded to array me in various garments belonging to the studio. A piece of embroidered mummy cloth was draped artistically over me, like a Roman toga; a sort of parti-colored cap, like those found in snapping crackers, was placed on my head; and my feet were wound up in a Turkey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALMOST A STATUE. | 3/5/1880 | See Source »

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