Word: bursts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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After about fifteen minutes, when the applause which burst forth spontaneously at this brilliant sally, had somewhat abated, Miss Rosamond Mortimer, the poet, was escorted on to the stage. Her appearance was in every respect romantic. Her profile was of the purest Grecian type, excepting her nose, which, being a little retrousse, added marvellously to the deep sentiment written plainly in her other features. There was a plaintive dulcet tone to her voice that thrilled the heart of every hearer, as completely as - as - as the squeaking of bad chalk does in a recitation-room. Her poem, "On the Beauty...
...base-ball bat; give him room! He ties the end of a packthread to a ball, which he tosses up, strikes with his bat, and in a graceful parabola it sweeps over the heads of the crowd, and - see! the man on the roof has caught it. A burst of applause greets this brilliant play. Alas! he is on the Nine; an instinct stronger than that of preserving life seizes him; quick as thought, he throws it to second! It has hardly left his hands before he realizes that he has made an error more startling than ever appeared upon...
...think the girls had better not box unless they can keep their tempers. That little Spanish Freshwoman, Pepita de Garbansos, knocked the puffs off Susie Flairup's head, and then Susie scratched her, and they both burst out crying, and had to be soothed by the Stewardess...
...moment gather, burst, and clear...
...four of her representatives on the 'Varsity, Smith, Schwarz, Jacobs, Crocker, and Taussig. The appearance of those four men, who have done so much for the College in boating, and who have contributed so much to '79's reputation as an athletic class, was the signal for a burst of applause caused by a very pardonable pride. The class of '80 followed, whose team was composed of Messrs. Bacon, Hooper, Simmons, Welling, and Stow. The contest between the two classes (which was drawn by lot) was sharp but short. '79 drew '80 over the dividing line, the first time...