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Word: yellows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wrong (vous avez tort); they did not weep, but they felt pretty badly. Now bring me my long yellow coat with the red checks, and my arctics; I am going to walk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH EXERCISE, No. 1. | 1/24/1879 | See Source »

...building will cover 14,000 feet, and will be built at a cost of not less than $100,000. It will be faced with yellow brick, and the "colonial" style of architecture will be followed. Further details can be obtained from the plans, which we at last present to our readers after having repeatedly disappointed them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW GYMNASIUM. | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

Parade the grounds with yellow, pie-crust suits...

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

While the yellow rays of the sunset burnish the winding maze...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AUX CHEVEUX DE MA MAITRESSE. | 12/15/1876 | See Source »

...there no way of altering the too sanguinary exterior of our halls? The Cubans paint their buildings yellow, pink, or blue, with variously tinted roofs; but this would give our staid dormitories a bizarre appearance, out of place in our northern climate, although, indeed, they might be dyed magenta, to match our crockery. There is, however, one improvement which we earnestly advocate, namely, the more lavish employment of woodbine or ivy. A brick building overgrown with ivy has a most venerable and even picturesque appearance. Of course, ivy could not be trained over the dormitories; but over the ends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/9/1875 | See Source »

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