Oldport

I've been reading Thomas Wentworth Higginson's Oldport Days on my iPod at night under the covers just like sneaking books to bed with a flashlight when I was a kid.

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"That will bring you to Oldport very late, I'm afraid," he ventured, feeling his way toward a compassing of his plan.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

Oldport had enabled Mr. Grabster's guests to escape in some measure the pangs of hunger.

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various

As to Mrs. Harrison, she treated her husband, when he made his appearance at Oldport (which was not very often) as unceremoniously as one would an old trunk, or any other piece of baggage which is never alluded to or taken notice of except when wanted for immediate use.

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various

Mrs. Harrison turned away, poor Mrs. Friskin could interpose no impediment to the young lady's amusement; and even her father, the respected senior of the wealthy firm, Friskin & Co., who must have heard from afar of his daughter's vagaries (for all these things were written in the note-book of the _Sewer_), seemed never to have dreamed of the propriety or possibility of coming up to Oldport to put a stop to them.

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various

"I am waiting for a train," she remarked, on the heels of her stiff little greeting, "for Oldport."

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

There was time enough for his plan to blossom, for Oldport was nearly thirty miles away, and there intervened a village through which to drive at illegal speed.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

One day at Oldport Springs went off pretty much like another.

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various

They rattled over the long bridge, steered up the streets of Oldport to the place where the Daughters were in session.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

Oldport; indeed, she was so conspicuous a figure in the place that one could not be there long without taking notice of her.

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various