Word: mannerizes
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...which hath lain so long dormant, of publishing by numbers, - an art now brought to such perfection that even dictionaries are divided and exhibited piecemeal to the public; nay, one bookseller hath (to encourage learning and ease the public) contrived to give them a dictionary in this divided manner for only fifteen shillings more than it would cost entire." - Fielding...
...chimney, breaks out an hour before noon; the two fire-extinguishers kept in the building are produced and found utterly useless; the city fire department is called upon, the building is drenched with water from top to bottom, and, after three hours' work, the flames are extinguished. The manner in which the fire department did its work has been criticised, - too severely, undoubtedly, and yet not altogether unjustly. We shall not enter into a discussion of the matter, for in our report of the fire we have given sufficient facts to enable every one to form his own opinion...
These societies differ in character. In some the literary element is predominant; in some, the social. The most prominent class-offices differ in like manner. For some, marked literary ability is required; for others, that social ease which, for want of an English term, we call savoir faire. It is but reasonable to suppose that the men who possess these characteristics to the most marked degree, and who are therefore best fitted to fill the offices for which these characteristics are required, will, as a rule, be members of the societies whose object is to promote these very characteristics...
...with sincere regret that we learn that Professor Gurney has resigned the position of Dean of the College Faculty; and we feel sure that we express the sentiments of all undergraduates when we offer him our thanks for the impartial and efficient manner in which he has fulfilled the duties of his difficult office...
...they gave us, they are entitled to thanks. It is due to them, we may say entirely, that we have decided to row at Saratoga next summer, and because we have adopted this course we are pronounced by the outside world to have acted in a fair and straightforward manner. If we had severed immediately our connection with the Association, we should ourselves have felt satisfied that we were perfectly justified in our action; but as the general public would never have properly understood our motives, it is as well, perhaps, that we took a course which will not bring...