Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...balls and went to second on a passed ball; Collins went out on a fly to Odell, Allen striking out. In the fourth inning Oliver got his base on Phillips' error, but was thrown out at second, and Odell went out at first, assisted by Phillips. Bremner made the circuit of the bases on a beautiful hit over right field. Lang hit a hard grounder to Edgerly who made a pretty stop and threw him out at first. Smith made a hit for Harvard, but was left on second, the next three men going out. Yale was retired...
...discovered to me the character of Mrs. Butterfield. She was of a religious turn of mind, probably the daughter of a Methodist circuit rider, and had made a resolve, in early life, during the Sunday school book period, that her first born son should be a minister, and backed by her mother and after innumerable conferences with her Bible, she had tearfully bullied Mr. Butterfield into naming their first born Benjamin. Knowing, as I did, that Benjamin Emilius had inherited some of the puritanical precocity of his mother, I felt very strongly that he would be surprised...
...rose with the exigency, buttoned my coat over the gaping rents, felt of my abused proboscis, and was pleased to find that useful member, though perceptibly worn, still firm in its place. With the support of the railing I remounted, and slowly and painfully began the circuit of the hall. Round and round I went, oft diving into the railing, every few minutes affectionately embracing a post or two, dismounting at the most unexpected moments, and in the most unprecedented manner, and alighting on every conceivable part of my body, except on my feet; occasionally hurled with prodigious velocity into...
...shan't we close the circuit, dear...