Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...prominent chess-players in College meeting together and organizing the club by themselves, then, after the club has been thus formed, of electing in the rest. To both these methods, however, there are serious objections. In the first method there is a probability that those may be chosen to have control of the club who take no interest in it at all, but were simply chosen on the spur of the moment; and the second is open to the objection that the club might get into the hands of a clique, who, instead of forming a chess-club, might...
...crews of the six-oars are to be chosen by lot from the twenty-four men who compose the four club-six-oars...
...expected that each club will be represented in every race. Their representatives will be chosen by previous trials, the time of these trials being left to the option, of the several clubs...
...MATCH game of football will be played next week between the University Ten and a picked ten from the graduates. The University Ten will be chosen as soon as possible; and candidates for the same are requested to make their appearance on the ground at the usual time every afternoon...
...most congenial subject having been chosen, it should be pursued with method and perseverance to afford a true benefit. It is better to read several works on one subject, and thoroughly master that one, than to dip into volume after volume, and acquire a superficial knowledge of many topics, which will pass away even sooner than it was acquired. Moreover, reading pursued in an intelligent manner is sure to be a source of great pleasure as well as of instruction. In speaking of his books, Southey justly remarks...