the shut of a door

Oh! that I had wings-not as a dove , to fly home to its nest and croodle there

The Culturists, again — by which term I mean not those who esteem culture, (as what intelligent man does not?) but those, its exclusive advocates, who recommend it as the one panacea for all the ills of humanity, — the Culturists are never done insisting that it is not for its utilitarian results, not for the technical skill and information it implies, nor for the professional success it may secure, that they value culture, but for its effect in elevating the whole man.

She was a very constant attender of First-day and week-day meetings, at the meeting places she belonged to