Word: brandes
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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Death did indeed claim two victims from the spectators of last summer's race; and people whose information about the calamity was gained at second hand, and was entirely erroneous, did not scruple to offer public censure of the managers for their assumed remissness, - one writer even venturing to brand them as "criminals." This sort of talk, no matter how absurdly unjust, is not pleasant to those against whom it is uttered, for no one likes to be told that he ought to be a jail-bird, even when his self-appointed judge is a person ill-informed and powerless...
...minus mark was stamped by burning brand...
...Harvard Man is a very presentable specimen. He has nice curly whiskers and beautifully cropped hair, a brand-new crimson ribbon on his hat, English-cut clothes, a striped ulster, and an eye-glass; and when he speaks, he murmurs in a soft, melodious voice. In short, he seems a superior being, gotten up regardless of expense...