Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...then gave a description of Dr. Johnson's personal appearance and customs; and an account of his early youth, together with a picture of London and the state of affairs in England when Johnson went to the capitol, and sought the patronage of Lord Chesterfield. He ended the lecture by reading passages from Johnson's letters and other works...
Flying buttresses were found necessary to receive the thrust of this system of vaulting. They were at first rather awkwardly constructed but in the thirteenth century became more graceful and ornate. The foliate ornamentation of the Gothic capitol rivals in beauty of line and surface any of the Greek forms, and the sculpture, though inclined to the grotesque, resembles the Greek in some of its methods...
...pretext for entering the country; if they were not guilty they were getting ready to take advantage of the very first opportunity. China landed troops at once without notifying Japan in accordance with their treaty. Japan landed a number of troops at Chemulpo, ready to advance on Seoul, the capitol, for the protection of her embassy and her people, and then offered to join the Chinese in reforming the Corean government and guaranteeing their independence. China's reply was a request for Japan to withdraw her troops and that she would then consider the question of reforms herself...
...University of Pennsylvania and University of Virginia will play at Capitol Park, Washington, today for the championship of the Middle States...
...effort is being made to organize in Washington a university club on the plan of the University club of New York. There are over five hundred college men in the capitol city, of which number nearly two hundred are members of congress...