Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with any degree of favor, but now the very elect are beginning to disown him. The former friends of his college days now make haste to repudiate him, and their American correspondents are being duly warned of the "sham." Archibald Forbes, the vehement, who whilhom used to be so proud in his contempt of American buncombe and shams, now hangs his haughty head in humiliation of spirit, and privately pours out the vials of his wrath upon Oscar's devoted head. Poor Oscar, hard is thy fate indeed! When thou hadst thought to win honor and fame upon this foreign...
...feel like shaking hands with Yale and congratulating her on her remarkable success in the athletic arena during the season. In boating, base ball, and foot ball she stands at the head, and has every reason to be proud of her victories, since they have all been gained by hard work and diligent training. She has found opponents of no mean calibre in the other colleges, but has steadily held her own, and now stands forth, crowned with the laurels of success in every department. - [Bowdoin Orient...
...religious aspects of the matter, no man can be deemed thoroughly educated who is ignorant of the book that for centuries has influenced in every way human life and thought, and which, as the representative of Christianity, has given us the advanced civilization of which we are so proud. We are glad to know that our Sunday afternoons are being made both pleasant and profitable: first, by the opening of the Library; second, by these lectures from a biblical scholar in every way competent for the task...
...formed a previous judgment imparts zest, even if that author presents himself to our imagination only as X, Y, or Z. It is, therefore, to be regretted that articles are not more systematically signed with initials real or assumed. A writer should not be either too modest or too proud to acknowledge his productions, - unless they are, as sometimes happens, of a private nature, - and the pleasure thus afforded to subscribers is surely sufficient reason for such moderate publicity...
...seem to be giving very hearty support this fall to our University Athletics, either by subscriptions or by training, for the honor of the Crimson. The Football Team, of which we were all so proud, was well supported, it is true, when it went to New Haven, and realized a sum sufficient to be a decided help in paying its expenses. But the cost of the two New York trips was large, and on account of the bad weather but very little money was taken at the gate, so that the Team fell considerably behind in finances. The managers...