Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...distribution of the grounds, the Lacrosse Association applied to the President, whom they recognized as having sufficient authority in the matter. Arrangements were also made with the Cricket Club, so that the Lacrosse practice would not interfere with the practice of the cricketers. This was done at the close of last year in order that the arrangements might take effect this fall...
...rumored that Myers will permanently retire from racing at the close of the present season, his lungs having become affected by excessive long-distance running...
...assistance; will he be too late? Her head swims, her brain reels. Why did she trust him? Alas! why did she trust him? Faster and faster turns the log; faster and faster twinkle the maiden's feet. A slide, a splash, a faintly gurgled "Diggles!" and the dark waters close over her bosom forever...
...seats, the unnecessary coughing which ofttimes makes itself conspicuous - all these are breaches of good taste and good breeding which are designed to create an ill impression in the mind of a beholder. Nor ought any one educated in a Christian land fail to wait reverently to the close of the benediction and the responsive amen without motion toward departure. Nothing short of this becomes a house dedicated to the worship...
...looking vacantly at the departing train when I heard a familiar voice close behind me: "How did you know that I was coming out today?" and turning I saw a classmate of mine, George Curtis, to whom I had extended a standing invitation to visit me in my summer retirement. I was glad to see him, though he came rather unexpectedly...