Word: sinks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...building, has no means of escape, except the wooden fire ladders under the chapel, which are not long enough to reach the upper story. A fire, occurring in a building like Thayer during the night, would probably destroy life, thereby injuring Harvard more than the small expenditure necessary to sink a well and construct a reservoir. A large supply tank could be placed immediately under the roof of Thayer, or the tower of the chapel could be utilized to the extent of placing a cylindrical sheet iron tank in it. Such a reservoir would supply enough water for any immediate...
Accomplishments that very soon will sink...
...heart sank down to my boots, and I felt as if the last day had come. "Na-than-i-el," he said, in slow, measured tones, "I have come from Smithfield Centre, at much expense of time and money, to see how you are faring in this godless sink of iniquity denominated Harvard College. Strange rumors have reached Smithfield that you have been seen entering Satan's antechamber, in vulgar parlance called the Globe Theatre; that you are an adept in gambling; that your room is adorned with the painted Jezebels of the stage. Nephew Nathaniel, the jaws of hell...