Word: predict
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...afternoon when the sun shines and the wind does not blow heavily, the boat-houses and the river present a scene of animation which, two years ago, it would have seemed folly to predict. The oldest inhabitant cannot remember the time when the interest in athletics here reached anything like its present height, and this increased interest is not confined to any one pursuit. Never before was so much general interest shown in Boating, but, at the same time, the Foot-Ball Eleven were never in such a prosperous condition, and, according to the wiseacres, we have not been represented...
...country, for she seems never to tire of increasing and improving the opportunities she offers for intellectual development, and is doing her best to rank high, in more than mere numbers, among the educational institutions of the world. We have good reason from the past and present to predict a great advance for her in the future...
...those who assert that literature is at a discount here. The books are now in press, and will be for sale in a few days. Both are in pamphlet form, and, when published, may be had at the bookstore. We have advance sheets of both before us, and we predict for one, at least, a ready sale. The first was doubtless suggested by an article in the last Magenta. It is entitled "A Complaint of the Increase of Beggars in the University," and, as we read it, we were in full sympathy with the author throughout. It is divided into...
...pleasures of life in Santo Domingo, and the opportunities for gain afforded by that delightful island, are so clearly set forth, that we may safely predict an immediate influx of "settlers," and the ultimate success of the Samana Bay Company...