Word: grewing
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...years went on it grew and grew...
...examination was that the instructor, who should have been on hand at nine o'clock, wearied himself exceedingly in pointing out, the evening before, the utter want of practicability in the instructor who, a few weeks ago, forgot the hour at which his examination began. So wearied grew our philosopher with his metaphysical argument, that he was really unable to appear the next morning until ten o'clock...
...seems to me, indeed, that we need something of the sort here. The University - small, classic, and containing more interests than it can peaceably hold - may well be compared to Greece itself. The societies, of which we all are so proud, are not unlike the elegant states which grew up in the genial climate of Attica and of the Peloponnesus, - the modern prototype of which may be found in the shadow of the elms of the College Yard. And, to carry the simile a little further, at the risk of offending some very good friends of mind, the grim body...
...when the sun was rising, often through the day, and twice at evening, I delighted to send that pleasant sound out over the fields. When I was already an old man there came to me a rumor of an intention to abolish prayers. Day after day passed, and it grew into certainty. One of our college rulers, a man of great learning and influence, was earnestly advocating it; and by the strength of his will seemed likely to succeed in putting an end to them. I was in despair; to lose at once four ringings of the bell...
...poetry is allowed a license in this matter that makes me think the author must be a poet (a conclusion in which the rambling style of the article further confirms me). One would think, by the by, that the poetry might be satisfactorily limited to the flowers that grew in the Yard, the goodies, and other kindred subjects. But after this breathing-place, we shall come again to an arid waste on the subject of college studies, the choice of electives, or, if the author be particularly happy, a discourse on the moral indications to be deduced from ulsters...