Word: rested
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appears. After the great success that has attended the opening of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday afternoons, it seems strange that any serious objection should be made here to an attempt to provide innocent amusement and instruction on Sundays, for those who are busy during the rest of the week. The Corporation has made a generous offer, and has shown its willingness to give the public the benefit of its collections. It is thus not unreasonable to hope that, as soon as the finances of the Library will allow it, the reading-room, at least...
...doings at the reception. Dick had so arranged that we could all hear at the same time; which was a great convenience, since ordinarily, owing to the want of magnitude of the ear-piece, but one person at a time can have his ear at it, while the rest, his companions, must wait in tantalizing suspense, watching his expressions of interest and amusement without appreciating their cause. But by Dick's care we all had a chance to hear...
...calm, gentle, trusting voice; and I noticed that Dick recognized the voice. "My mother," said he. We listened: "Yes, Dick is a dear boy; he never touches a drop of wine." Dick looked a little uneasy, and laid down the glass of champagne he had been drinking. The rest of us felt a trifle uncomfortable, not knowing what might be coming. "He promised me he would n't, and he has never broken his word." Dick's face turned very red. "But he does n't like to offend his friends at college by not appearing to join with them...
Does she wake in the grave, or - rest...
GAIETY THEATRE. - 8 P.M.; Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2. The rest of this week, Milton Nobles in "A Man of the People," a sensational piece which affords considerable scope for acting. Next week, the charming operettas, "Ages Ago" and "Charity begins at Home," which have been such an attraction at the Bijou Opera House in New York, are promised...