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Word: curtain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...curtain falls, and with it vanishes the picture of what Harvard will be when we get coeducation and its accompaniments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT WE ARE COMING TO; OR, HARVARD IN 1981. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

...Curtain falls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TUTOR IN LOVE. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

...Curtain falls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TUTOR IN LOVE. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

...Curtain falls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

Eight o'clock saw us seated in the front row of the Howard; I determined to give him a benefit for once. Before the curtain rose, he was nervous and fidgety, but, the curtain once up, and his eyes were glued to the stage; they opened wider and wider, spots of color came in his cheeks, and his breath came and went rapidly; to look at him was more fun than the play. Never once during the evening did he look away from the stage, and when the play was over he bade me good-night, and without saying more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY UNCLE LUTHER. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

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