Word: keenness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1880
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...only too eager when I thought that Rose was probably the fair one for whom I was searching. I followed, and was led to a little room in the top of the house. On entering, I saw at a glance it was a domestic's room. My disappointment was keen. The lady explained that one of her servants had been suddenly taken ill, and, as her family physician was out of town, she had called me. I felt of the servant's pulse, and counted 323 beats per minute. Then, taking from my pocket a little vial of homoeopathic pills...
...sister colleges, and there are many of our records to which we can point with just pride; still we must not rest content with past achievements, but look forward to even greater success in the future. We need but one thing to keep the athletic interest at Harvard as keen as it is now, and that is the establishment of a series of athletic sports with Yale. Our class boat-races arouse a great deal of enthusiasm, it is true, but the interest is as nothing when compared with the New London contests, where our representative oarsmen measure their strength...
...whose quick glances are keen as a knife...
Could feel some keen remorse...