Miscellaneous

At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn read more

At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment.

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, read more

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and read more

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and which ladies had done publicly in the Crimea. He could not tell me.

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have read more

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work.

When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but read more

When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.

Andres took a nice firm shot at the far post because their goalkeeper left it wide open, and he put read more

Andres took a nice firm shot at the far post because their goalkeeper left it wide open, and he put it in.

They're a good team. They were a lot better than what we expected.

They're a good team. They were a lot better than what we expected.

That's a big problem. We're going to work on it. We're just not scoring, and that's something we have to read more

That's a big problem. We're going to work on it. We're just not scoring, and that's something we have to fix.

It's very painful. I'm trying to keep a smile and not think about it, but give (Socorro) credit. They played read more

It's very painful. I'm trying to keep a smile and not think about it, but give (Socorro) credit. They played hard.

The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing.

The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing.