Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...formerly of Merton College, Oxford, who has just been nominated by the Crown to the chair of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh, made vacant by the resignation of Prof. David Masson, has completed his volume on Nineteenth Century Literature, which contains some of his most brilliant work. The difficulties, not alone of generalization and classification, but also of selection and proportionment, are infinitely greater in the case of writers of our own century than in that of earlier writers; yet Mr. Saintsbury has emerged very successfully from his difficult task, and has produced a work well...
Neither side scored in the first half. In the second half Wyckoff caught the ball on the kick-off on Cornell's 15-yard line and made a brilliant run of 90 yards. He passed the whole Brown team, but was at length caught from behind by Fultz. Beacham was soon pushed over the line for a touchdown, and Wyckoff kicked the goal...
Harvard now was gaining ground steadily and went through the Michigan line almost at will. They lost the ball on a fumble, Bloomington kicked and once again Brewer made a brilliant run of thirty yards. Time was called on Harvard's 45 yard line. The ball had been in Michigan's territory nearly the entire half...
Gonterman deserves credit for playing a plucky game with a lame leg, but his defensive work has shown little or no improvement lately. Hayes made a brilliant run once when his kick would have been blocked, dodging several men and keeping his feet remarkably well...
...first half '98 kicked off and Cochrane brought the ball back almost to the middle of the field, by a brilliant run. Dibblee punted, and Cozzens made 40 yards round left end. The whole '98 team then played a quick, snappy game, and several short gains were made in succession through the line. The ball was dropped twice, but recovered both times by Burrage. Manning at length made the first touchdown, but failed to kick a very easy goal...