Word: distant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...deliverer, - a simple lord of nature, a rough, grizzled man, who was leaning upon his weapon and contemplating the fallen animal; at the same time chewing vigorously, and, with native simplicity of spirit, firing tobacco-juice at the exact centre of a small pebble some twenty feet distant. I was overcome with emotion; but even then I was proper. I blushed, saying, "Excuse my unwonted appearance, kind sir; and will you take me home at once, for I wouldn't be found here alone with you for any thing...
...than by the handsome manner in which the representatives of the latter University were entertained, when in Montreal only a short time ago, by those of the former. Every thing possible was done for their entertainment and comfort, and we can only hope that the time is not far distant when the McGill men will visit Harvard, and give us an opportunity to return their courtesy and civility...
...about seven o'clock, a gentleman stopped at the house inquired for uncle, and asked him whether he could accommodate him for the night, and in the morning give him a horse to ride and a guide to show him the way to Fairfield, a village about sixty miles distant, as very important business demanded his presence there. Uncle consented to do as he wished, and asked me to act as guide. Upon closer examination I found the stranger to be my old friend Buttons, who had risen from the low station of policeman to the rank of detective...
...Distant far through heaven's eternal blue...
...From the distant fields comes a scent...