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Word: nicely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...error and steals second. Ernst flies out to Brown. Thayer is thrown out by short stop to third, and Latham goes out at second in a vain attempt to steal. Brown begins the third inning with a safe hit, but is soon put out at second by a nice bound catch of Sawyer's from Tyng's low throw. Wheaton sends Dow a fly, and Morgan goes out on Thayer's pretty throw to first. Wright, Dow, and Sawyer put out at first in rapid succession by short hits to second, third, and pitcher. The fourth inning a disastrous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 6/1/1877 | See Source »

...then the pay's so nice to earn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT WOULDST, MY BOY? | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

...colored ink for her drawing, and no corkscrew could be found to fit. I offered to try to open it with a common screw and a string, as I had seen a friend do here at college. I tried and succeeded. "Thank you," cried the little girl. "O, how nice!" said her older sisters. The cousin smiled contemptuously, and observed, "Quite an undergraduate accomplishment, - opening bottles!" The little girl did not understand his drift; the older sisters did, and looked compassionately towards me. I felt and looked guilty, and very soon took my leave...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RESULT OF REFORM. | 12/4/1876 | See Source »

...finally, that the fair creatures who may honor the occasion by their presence, as they gather their tattered trains about them and depart to their several homes when the lanterns begin to fall and the lights go out, will all sweetly declare that they "never had such a nice time in their lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/23/1876 | See Source »

...nice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Peeler. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

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