Word: tells
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this number 42 are Republicans, 7 Democrats, and 22 Independents; 49 believe in total abstinence; 34 dance, 34 smoke, 10 chew, and 56 play cards; 13 are devoted to Political Economy, 11 to Philosophy, and I to the study of human nature; 7 are engaged, 4 "won't tell," while the remainder are still untrammelled...
...seemed embarrassed, but recovered himself and said, "So you've found that, have you? No, it is n't mine, I am keeping it for - Well, Morris, I think I'll tell you about it, and ask your adv ce about what I ought to do with it. Never mind the studs, but sit down...
...fair to say that Yale played her best game of the season, while we played our worst; that Yale was unusually fortunate at the bat, while we were particularly unfortunate, batting everything usually on the bound, into the hands of their fielders. The resume and score will tell the rest of the story...
...dear boy some time you may be in want of advice such as I cannot give you. If that is the case, go to the best lawyer in Boston and state your trouble to him. Some men, and many women, like to send their sons to parsons. But I tell you, a lawyer knows forty times as much about the world as a parson does...
...tell you what," said Renardy; "there's the man you want to see, over in the corner. He's been asking me who knew enough, around here, to examine heads. He can't find his proper sphere. Sometimes he thinks he was originally intended to be the idol of his country, down in Washington; and then again he tries to convince me that he's just the man for assistant librarian; but I don't think he's got presence and majesty enough for that. Just bring the result of your long study and remarkable ability to bear...