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Word: thoughts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...rulers, a man of great learning and influence, was earnestly advocating it; and by the strength of his will seemed likely to succeed in putting an end to them. I was in despair; to lose at once four ringings of the bell a day, - I could not bear the thought, for those were the pleasantest times of all. My grief became anger; my anger grew into hatred of the man who was so cruelly depriving me of an innocent pleasure. At last there came a fatal evening when there was to be a final meeting of our rulers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "ALAS! POOR GHOST." | 5/19/1876 | See Source »

...what of the next world?' I rather thought than said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "ALAS! POOR GHOST." | 5/19/1876 | See Source »

...thought is ever fixed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON A PAINTING OF S. JEROME. | 5/5/1876 | See Source »

...much-lamented combination of "cigarette and ulster" cheek by jowl with the ardent democrat, who sits with his feet on the table to cultivate equality, discussing the philosophy of the absolute, where there shall be no table, no cigarettes, no feet, and no ulsters, but all will be pure thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS. | 5/5/1876 | See Source »

...thought in the spring of 1874 that the interest in boating would receive a lasting stimulus by the inauguration of the new Club System now in operation; but experience has shown that the enthusiasm so strongly awakened at the outset has steadily decreased, until the condition of the crews is now deplorable. But want of interest has not been the sole cause of this, for, since the revival of athletics here, it has been decisively shown that to hope for success one must apply himself to but one kind of sport. This of course is the only correct principle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CLUB CREWS. | 5/5/1876 | See Source »

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