Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...GOOD-NATURED Lion, a literary Owl, a rakish Fox, and an innocent young Kid once agreed to hunt together, with the agreement that all game should be amicably shared. No sooner were they in the Forest, than the Fox took the Kid aside, and made this harangue: "My dear Kid, you are inexperienced in hunting; come, you and I will hunt together, while this stupid Lion is asleep, and we will divide whatever prey we find, and have the Lion's share to ourselves." To this the Kid readily agreed, and the two succeeded in bringing down a Hare...
...will probably be some time before we come to realize the advantages, and to appreciate the comforts which it affords; but I am sure that sooner or later we shall have our "Union," and that it will prove no less successful than its prototype at Oxford...
...each instructor also to construe the rules of the Faculty in conformity to his own views of the best methods of instruction in an institution such as Harvard College, regardless of the rights and privileges of the students, as guaranteed to them by its government? If so, the sooner it is clearly understood the better; at least for the students...
...This year I took a ground-floor room in Holworthy, thus making sure of having no one beneath me, and having ascertained that two very quiet Seniors were above me. But I did not enjoy my peace of mind two hours. I had no sooner thrown myself on my lounge to think over my comfortable prospects, than I was startled by a tremendous yell of 'Jim' just outside my window. As my name happens to be Jim, I thought that there must be some very urgent need of me, and flung open the window just in time to hear...
...hardly conscious of his danger, he may do himself irreparable injury. Even the strongest constitution and the most faithful exercise will not enable a man persistently to deprive his mind of needful rest; and if he gives to study the hours which belong to sleep, he must sooner or later break down...