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Word: clearing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...central hall is the iron framework which is to support all such apparatus as flying trapese, swinging rings, etc. All this is to be so arranged that at a moment's notice it can be swung up out of the way, leaving the centre of the hall entirely clear. There are to be parallel bars of all varieties, - of the ordinary sort, high parallels, ascending bars, bars up which one can walk like a step-ladder, and one pair which can be adjusted in whatever way the user wishes. There will be no machines for general development, such as those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GYMNASIUM APPARATUS. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

GLOBE THEATRE. Miss Cavendish, who has been appearing here during the last week as "Mercy Merrick," is an actress of great beauty, and fine stage presence. Her enunciation is beautifully clear and distinct, so much so that in quiet passages it is a real pleasure to listen to her. We cannot see, however, that she is a great actress in any sense of the word; in passages requiring force and strength, she is very far from perfection. The support averages fairly good. Next week Miss Cavendish plays Beatrice in "Much Ado about Nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STAGE. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

Fear not: you'll all know his name, in the shrill, clear-voiced tones of the Herald...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POEMS BY EMINENT HANDS. | 11/21/1879 | See Source »

...coin's clear recoiling ring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WAY OF THE WORLD. | 11/21/1879 | See Source »

...clear blue her eye the while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEAUTY'S QUEEN. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

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