Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first game of the amateur series, took place Saturday on Jarvis. It was not marked by any brilliant playing outside of the batteries, both of which did excellent work, Leakin, captain of the Law School nine, pitched for the Bostons, and Federhen for the Victors. The errors on both sides were "numerous and costly...
...failure of the other. Saul found a kingdom because he was in the line of duty. Faithful devotion to duty in the least things is the surest path to success in the greatest. This is abundantly illustrated in our own political history. Henry Clay, in spite of his brilliant abilities lost the presidency. Seward who was sure of the nomination failed, and Lincoln, who sought only to be true to his political principals, was brought to the place where God's best thought for him and the country was made fruitful. Illustrations of this same truth can be drawn from...
...Harvard plays, walkovers. Practice has been carried on at a great disadvantage. The caprice of Cambridge weather, has made its effect more potent than ever, and if the elements have designs, they have done their prettiest to make defeat certain for Harvard, or else to make the victory more brilliant, since the obstacles, which they have thrown in our path have been great...
...none earned. The game from this time was a close one, until the eighth inning, when with two men on bases. Vila made a pretty hit to left field, which with a wild throw let in three runs, which won the game. The game was not remarkable for any brilliant plays, yet was, on the whole, an interesting one. It illustrated the fundamental principle that every freshman nine is prone to weakness at critical points, and that they cannot get too much practice. The batting of the freshmen was fair, but their infield, with the exception of second, was very...
...marginal references. This is a new method of studying a great man, but it is none the less satisfactory. Many of us who have been puzzled as to the secret of the power of the great critic, to say, apparently at a moment's notice, things at once cutting, brilliant, and profound have now our questionings answered. M. Sainte-Beuve in continually thinking with pen in hand is able when writing to think...