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Word: dampness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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After the concert the settees were removed, and a very pleasant dance was improvised, at the close of which the club were invited to the house of a gentleman near by and handsomely entertained. After remaining there for about an hour, at the suggestion of the damp and cursing hackmen they started homeward, and reached Cambridge at about - o'clock, having had a very pleasant time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. G. C. CONCERTS. | 11/21/1873 | See Source »

...cool damp flags of the dairy floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUSK. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

...prevented? As the system works at present, a Freshman may, by good fortune, secure for himself a pleasant room for the whole college course; while, on the other hand, an upper-class man, not so fortunate in past years, may still be forced to content himself with a cold, damp room, and bear, as best he may, his sore throats and chills. Would not the distribution of rooms be made more equable than it now is, if classes should have their choices in the order of seniority? That is, let Juniors have the first choice, Sophomores the second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

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