Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dumb art thou, although weak men have long...
Dispel thy cold, dumb care...
...during the evening, I should soon, by this practice, acquire that refined and intelligent use of the mother-tongue which, according to the most recent utterances of the Faculty, is the chief object of education. But I soon began to fear that my partner's emotions had struck her dumb, for in vain I completely exhausted the standing army of society topics. The biggest stones that I could hurl upon the ice of her demeanor did not crack it. With the crowbar of my brain, I rolled down huge scientific boulders, but with no effect whatever. I tried thawing...
...book admirably gives its aim; and, after reading it, we feel that it differs from most works on physical training in being the result of careful experience, rather than the expression of a hobby. From time to time enthusiasts put forth certain schemes, - one advocating the exclusive use of dumb-bells; another, a health-lift; a third, club-swinging, and so on; but the fact is, that true strength and health do not consist in having one set of muscles abnormally exercised, and the others neglected, - and this is a fact which Mr. Blaikie has been careful to keep...
...What a brace there was in last Saturday's gymno-calisthenic meeting! There were two entries for heavy-weight dumb-bells, - to be sure, one of them strained herself while lifting a two-pound dumb-bell...