Word: left
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...displays more of his character in his book-case than he has any idea of. First there is the book-case itself, by which we can estimate his sense of the aesthetic, the amount of his allowance, and by a careful examination of the corners, for the dents left by Indian clubs, we can tell whether he is kindly disposed towards athletics. We can even go beyond himself, and by taking the depth of the dust on the top, we can make a pretty fair estimate of his goody. Then there are the books themselves, their condition, number, and bindings...
...Milton, Macaulay, and so forth. The books all stand exactly upright, each one is in its proper place, and not a speck of dust can be seen on any of them. On seeing such a book-case in a room, I immediately look to see if my boots have left any mud on the carpet, I feel uncomfortable about my umbrella, and wish that I had left it on the door-mat outside. And when we leave, I am sure that if I listened at the door, I should hear my late host straightening my chair, and in like manner...
When the band played, a long line of fashionably dressed youths fell into line and marched to prayers, as I was told, to the tune of "Believe me if all these endearing." Mr. Poco kindly pointed out the popular men, but an old friend suddenly called him, and he left me somewhat abruptly, after introducing me to a Mr. Proctor, who seemed like one of my own class, and with whom I felt at once quite at home...
...second in Cambridge, June 8; no arrangements in regard to a third game have, as yet, been made. The Foot-ball Team have not been so fortunate. Yale refuses to accept Harvard's challenge, because, after providing for the nine and the crew, she has not men enough left for foot-ball, - a fact which seems to cause more pleasure there than it does here. On Thursday a challenge was received from the Princeton team, who express their willingness to play in Cambridge, and enough matches will be arranged with other colleges, so that our team will have enough...
...other day, as I was walking up one of the aisles of Memorial Hall at the dinner hour, and trying to get some idea of our bill-o'-fare from the dishes on the tables right and left, I caught snatches of topics that seemed appropriate for any place but the dinner-table. At one table there was going on an excited discussion over the solution of oblique triangles, at another I heard a man quoting Whately verbatim, and before I reached my seat unpleasant associations connected with sulphuretted hydrogen and cyanide of potassium were suggested by an embryo chemist...