Word: foods
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...sheets a little. The vessel careened and shivered, and leapt forward over the waves. It was now past noon, and the captain opened the suspiciously large package, and passed it to me. I had eaten scarcely any breakfast, and, in spite of the absorbing excitement, the sight of food made me hungry. I acknowledged that he had been wiser than...
...present method of taking meals from Memorial to a sick man is any thing but gratifying, either to the sick man or the waiter who carries his food to him. The waiter, in some cases, earns a small fee, but, in return, is obliged to do much extra work; and, even leaving the comfort or discomfort of the waiter out of the question, the student is not in the least well served. The waiter is obliged to wait till every one at his table has finished, so that he is at least an hour and a half late, and then...
...confound you, Pam, aw, - I did n't drink it, you know, - aw, - I never drink, you know, - this is a temperance hotel, - I never even eat, you know, except 'Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge' that comes from the - aw - law pills below...
...notwithstanding the modest statement in the Catalogue that none but the really indigent are expected to apply, it is a well-known fact that there are a number of holders of scholarships who could live comfortably without them, while others, who have to stint themselves in regard to food and clothes, are refused because they do not obtain the required per cent. Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that one man is not as studious or has not as much ability as another because his rank happens...
...prosperity of all the under takings of his own class. It seems a very selfish way of looking at the matter for a man to consider only the amount of future benefit he expects to receive out of it himself, and to determine his subscription by the amount of food that he expects to eat and printing that he expects to read. Every man should contribute with a view to the good of the whole class, as well as his individual benefit; and it is not too much to say that '80 should set a good example to the less...