Word: soon
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...soon we 'll speak of bygone days...
...been identified with Montreal. About two years ago some interest began to be taken in the game at Columbia, and it soon became very popular. Delegates from the different clubs in Boston and New York now meet once a year, and arrange the games for the season...
...prevented as it is in Memorial Hall. Threats and entreaties hitherto have been equally useless; "the windows cannot be opened during meal-time without making too great a draught," or "the hall has been sufficiently ventilated in the morning." We are not rash, but if something is not done soon to let in a little fresh air, we shall be inclined to come to dinner with several stones in our pockets, and quietly proceed to do our own ventilating by breaking a few panes of glass...
...George had pleasant manners, plenty of money, and an entire lack of morality, and showed no unpleasant tendency towards independence, he soon became very popular. He was elected into various societies; to be sure, he cared nothing for art, and was not exactly religious, - except on Sunday, - but there is no pleasing those obstinate people who cannot see how a man can be religious and dissipated at the same time. "'T is as easy as lying." Plenty of men combine...
...work of his Freshman year troubled him somewhat, especially the mathematics. The German, to be sure, was easy enough, and he soon became good friends with the tutor; but he complained that the other instructors were too cold and difficult to approach. Even pecuniary considerations had no influence with them...