Word: broken
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Federal line near Round Top, and almost gained that important hillock. On the other end of the line Ewell and Johnson made an attack near Culps, and at evening the latter general was on that eminence. A portion of the Federal line near the centre had also been broken through for a time. This condition of affairs much encouraged the Confederates; but they had not won yet. During the second night the Federal forces were strengthened in the weak places, and a plan was made to drive Johnson from his advantageous position at Culps...
...start out well. They have some fine players in the college this year. it is to be hoped that, if the nine be not so successful as anticipated, no such boyish action will be taken as in the case of the Lacrosse club some years ago, which was broken up by the collegians because they failed to win matches. [Clipper...
...cage should break, but as time went on and nothing happened, quiet was restored. Now, however, when notice has been given that the balances of the government in the N. Y. Clearing House must soon be paid in silver, the people are as anxious as if the cage had broken and the animals had been turned loose upon the country. To complete the simile the secretary of the treasury must be considered as the keeper of these wild beasts, vainly endeavoring to restrain them from their fierce onslaught upon the defenceless people...
...Every man to a certain extent must be a smatterer. It may be necessary to lessen the preponderance of time given to the classics in a liberal education. This many are ready to admit. But that the common ground of studies prior to the college course should be altogether broken up, that all educated men are to be marked out as specialists even from their cradles, is a thing hard to receive...
Some of the telephone and telegraph wires about the yard and square have been broken by the heavy weight of snow resting on them...