Word: commandingly
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...many a wavering heart. But the thought that Washington and the great American leaders have trodden here, that near its walls midnight parties have assembled, and in its sight friend and foe have marshalled, lend to it an interest beyond any admiration its foreign aspect and solitary picturesqueness can command...
...Acta Columbiana has a correspondent in Princeton who has but one trait that is praiseworthy. He is modest, although his command of the English language is limited. He fills five columns with trivial events of life at Princeton, and concludes: "I hope that those who have a poor opinion of the College from reading this letter will lay the blame to the writer." We shall take him at his word...
This soon brought matters to a head; the whole town broke out in revolt. The men assembled round an aged tree, called the Rebellion Tree, or the Charter Oak. Here they were taken command of by C. I. Washington. This leader is famous only for carrying a hatchet instead of a sword. The war raged violently for four or seven years, - accounts differ; during a battle in the town, Hollis Hall, one of the principal buildings, was burnt. The final battle was at a place that went by the name of "The Annuals." The government was completely defeated, and fell...
...firemen by half past twelve had command of the fire, and although nothing was left of the northern part of the roof but the rafters, the fire was kept from burning anything but the Pi Eta rooms and the loft above. No student's room was burnt, but the floor of each was covered with water from three to six inches deep. The condition of the building is such that no one will be able to get back to his old quarters for at least several months...
...soon forgotten, and finally become almost unintelligible. If an hour is spent in taking the notes, commonly two hours will be spent in translating them. In journalism phonography plays an important part in its own department. No newspaper can be conducted without its corps of stenographers. They always command a high salary, and good workmen are always in employment, words requires all his attention, and it is generally the case that he cannot give any account whatever of the lecture, without referring to his notes. Thus it is obvious that the phonographer does not have the opportunity of increasing...