Word: bard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Fourth Inning. - Harvard hit bard in this inning, and Princeton made errors in profusion. Bingham Foster, Morgan, Linn and Boyden reached first on errors, Mumford's and Wiestling's singles with Willard's two bagger gave Harvard seven earned runs...
...GriswoldFlorimel, a wandering bard, the victim of sundry mishaps, which are all set right in the last...
Both men struggled bard for the third and deciding fall. Bowen did most of the offensive work, but Hunter avoided every grip, and Bowen knew the uselessness of trying to turn him over. More time had to be given for the men to rest. Finally Hunter got a good grip, Bowen broke it and put him squarely on his back. Bowen won two falls...
...Prof. Palmer admits "methods originally fitted to the ear will not be equally well-suited to the eye." The translation is constructed in loose iambic which give a flow and freedom to the translation and makes us feel that Homer is in fact as well as in reputation a bard. The order of the original is followed very closely, and this method of translation gives a certain quaintness that is seldom met with in other translations of Homer. Although the rhythmical rendering prevents an absolutely literal translations, the work compares very favorably in this respect with Butcher and Lang...
...annual rush between the freshmen and sophomore classes of Princeton came off Thursday night on the college campus. The struggle was a bard one, and the '87 class was far outnumbered. They held their own and drove the freshmen from the cannon which they were striving to take possession...