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Word: badness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...body and the soul. The first is destructible and the second attains joy eternal. We groan because we have two different natures, that there is no unity in us; but who would not wish to take part in his soul's redemption? People who have turned from bad to good are often haunted by their evil thoughts and feelings of old. This is because their bodies are mere dumb creatures which do the tricks taught them. If we purify our inward souls our bodies will tend to form themselves accordingly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 10/22/1888 | See Source »

...dribbled to McDonald, who fumbled, and Davis dropping on the ball scored the first touchdown. Time, 6 minutes. Fitzhugh tried for goal, but missed. Wesleyan kicked from the twenty-five-yard line and Sears returned. Wesleyan's down on the fifteen-yard line. Davis got the ball from a bad pass, and Porter and Sears rushing gained ten yards. Sears tried a goal from the field, but failed. Slayback fumbled the ball, and Cumnock dropping on it scored the second touchdown. Time, 10 minutes. Fitzhugh kicked a goal, but it was disallowed on account of Harding's offside play. Wesleyan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 34; Wesleyan, 0. | 10/22/1888 | See Source »

...game at Worcester on Saturday between the Worcester Technology and Havard '92 resulted in a bad defeat for the freshmen. The rushers failed to get through the opposing rush-line, and were slow in dropping on the ball, while the backs fumbled badly. Two halves of thirty minutes each were played. Play began at 2.35. Harvard having the kick-off. Brooks gained fifteen yards on a rush but the ball was soon lost on four downs. Harvard gained possession of it again near her twenty-yard line, but a fumble by Baker allowed Crosby to get it and he easily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worcester Technology, 22, Harvard Freshmen, 0. | 10/22/1888 | See Source »

...weak in holding, and while it is some excuse for them that they could not use their arms as formerly, it was not enough to justify the wretched playing of yesterday. None of the rushers broke through on the half-backs at all; right end and tackle were especially bad in this respect. No one ever seemed to know where the ball was or realize that he had anything to do except watch the man opposite. The Exeter men fell on the ball ten times to Harvard's once. The tackling of the whole team was as bad as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 39; Exeter 6 | 10/18/1888 | See Source »

...ball, but failed to advance it, and soon lost it to Andover. Sprague, for Andover, punted well, and the Phillips rushers, by quick work, soon secured the ball down in Harvard's territory. The university men regained it shortly afterwards on four downs, but immediately lost it by a bad fumble. Six minutes after play began, L. T. Bliss broke through the Harvard line, passed all the Harvard backs, and made the first touchdown for Andover. The try for a goal failed. Score: Andover, 4; Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Philips Andover, 10; Harvard Second Eleven, 0. | 10/18/1888 | See Source »

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