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Word: wretchedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Nevertheless Ferdy plods on, rubbing the afflicted part with one hand, while the muckers scream at him to "hurry up, daddy-long-legs, you'll get left," but Ferdy is too wretched to mind such sarcasm. At last his wind is gone, his legs feel like lumps of iron, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WOFUL TALE OF FERDINAND VAN RASSELAS. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

I loathe the wretched power of song,

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE POETASTER. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

Hopkins scored in the third off a base-hit and a wild throw by Tyng. Holden took three bases in the fifth on a wild throw by Lamb, and scored on Coolidge's safe hit. Ernst reached his first in the sixth on a muff by Hopkins, second on Wright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

"Don't you see me?" said the old man, "and is n't that proof enough of my existence? Once I was young and handsome and strong; then I was cherished here: but when I grew old I was neglected. The Elective System came, bringing with it a chilling atmosphere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN'S VISITORS. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

Wretched is the lot of such a Freshman :

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE EDITOR'S DRAWER. | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

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