Word: crush
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writer of the communication evidently forgets to what extent Byron's private life reappears in his writings, and it would be just as wise, then, to crush Byron's name from the list of English men of letters, as to suppress his personal history from the lecture-room. Indeed, as the instructor carefully explained, no more time was expended on the incidents of the private life of Byron than was proportionate to its effects on his writings...
...would not have recognized the brawny athletes of his day in these aesthetic youths. Each player wore a dress coat of spotless black, a shirt whose bosom glistened with the starch of Brines' Troy Laundry, knickerbockers of the most approved Oscar Wilde pattern, and in his hand carried a crush hat. The two sides were distinguished by a bit of ribbon in the button-hole of each man; the Yale men as of old, wore light blue; the Harvard men, pale pink, crimson having been discarded long before as being too loud. The ball used was perfectly round, about half...
Long before the hour fixed for opening the doors of Sanders Theatre, both entrances to the transept of Memorial Hall were besieged by a throng of anxious ticket holders. The moment the doors were opened, there followed a scene of indescribable confusion, and for a time the crush at the two narrow gates leading to the theatre entrances threatened to become serious. The seating accommodations were put to a severe test to accommodate the audience of over 2000 which was in attendance, and not only every seat in the main body and the balconies of the theatre was utilized...
...army had been detached from his active field force. Bragg, on the other hand, had received large reinforcements, among them the celebrated corps of Longstreet from Lee's army in Virginia. These gave him a numerical superiority and he, in his turn, prepared to take the offensive and crush Rosecrans' detached forces. Here was a great opportunity to retrieve the drooping fortunes of the South by one bold move. But Rosecrans could gain little and close much by fighting a superiorforce so far from Nashville, his base of supplies. He would have done better to have waited in Chattanooga until...
After the victory at Chancellorsville, Lee determined on further action. Leaving Fredericksburg he marched north behind the mountains and presently found himself in Pennsylvania. Hooker, when he learned of this move, wanted to crush the rear of Lee, and then march on Richmond thus preventing this Northern raid, but he was commanded from Washington to keep between that city and the enemy. He accordingly moved north with the mountains between the enemy and the army of the Potomac. Balked in his plans he resigned and Meade was made the commander. Seeing Meade somewhat in his rear Lee moved back...