Word: weather
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wondered at that "men" in college, where "easy paths" are occasionally sought, should indulge in this amusement. Indeed, with those afflicted with a superabundance of leisure, it is not merely an amusement, but an occupation. The morning is creditably begun by swearing at the weather, prayers, and first-hour recitations; as the day advances, lunch, gymnasium, and dinner come in for a fair share of abuse; and the evening is consistently closed with a general grumble...
WORK is progressing rapidly on the boat-house. Painting will begin as soon as the weather permits. It is expected that the floats will be got off this week...
...first monthly match of the Harvard Rifle-Club was shot last Saturday, February 19, at the Mt. Auburn range. The weather was cold and chilly, and the light on the targets poor. The following is the score...
...weather-beaten front...
...your leave, readers, I'll transport you in imagination to a place which differs in many respects from this; where the winters are long but pleasant, and the summers are short and hot; where they say the man lived who remarked, "We have very good weather up our way, except that the sleighing is rather poor for a couple of months in the year...