Word: across
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...building in the hope that some one might have carelessly moved it from its place. It could not be found in the building, and I was about to leave when I cast my eyes through the north window, and, strange to say, there I saw my net stretched across another man's court. At first I concluded that the "borrowers" must be some innocent freshmen, who doubtless supposed that the nets were public property, furnished by the college authorities for the general use of the students; but, to my surprise, they were seniors, and men who certainly knew that...
Fraternity badges in Germany consist of narrow ribbons worn across the breast...
...other morning, while Professor Barbour was writing in his room in North College, a pistol ball entered the window, whizzed by the doctor's head, and struck a Hebrew Bible on the shelves opposite him. The ball was carelessly fired by some students who were pursuing an escaped squirrel across the college campus...
...words : "It occurred to me therefore that there might not be a copy at Harvard; and as the copy which I have is ultimately destined to find its way to the library of old Cambridge University, I thought I should like the sister copy to go to the Cambridge across the water, which is often in our thoughts here, and with which I have been glad to feel myself in more living connection through my friend the Rev. Dr. Hale, who has kindly consented to be the bearer of this little message...
...failure in our game. This is the regular method employed by elevens playing under the English rules and when both sides enter into these mauls the struggle is often quite exciting. But as our team is accustomed to play an open formation game they could quickly transfer the rushing across the field; a performance which made it rather embarrassing to the Canadian men, who were massed in another part of the field. Under their rules the game is apt to be very rough and dangerous, but at the same time not particularly lively or exciting; so, on the whole...