Word: occasionals
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The Annual Sports of the Moseley Harriers at Birmingham, on July 9, was the occasion for their third joint appearance, and it was here that Merrill was hustled by a crowd of roughs who had bet against him, and who found that the only way to save their money, when...
"DEARLY BELOVED, - We have met together upon this mournful occasion to perform the sad offices over one whose long and honored life was put to an end in a sudden and violent manner. Last year, at this very time, in this very place, our poor friend's round, jovial appearance...
Offers the needed occasion : remember, then, children of Harvard,
So we were both considerably elated, and deeming the occasion one for a celebration of some sort, we decided on the theatre. Accordingly, at eight o'clock we swung down the aisle to our seats, and, adjusting our respective eyeglasses, began to take in the situation.
Now it happened that in the two seats directly in front of ours there were two as blooming maidens as ever appealed to the aesthetic nature of an appreciative undergraduate. In a word, they were girls not to be sneezed at; but rather to be smiled at, if occasion allowed...