Word: darkly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Dailey foul tipping to Tyng. In the tenth Snigg struck out; Blogg made a base-hit, and reached second on Lanaban's out by a ball to first. Carl hit to Thayer, who fumbled, giving Blogg his third. Carl then took second, and the game began to look dark for Harvard. Cogswell hit a liner to Leeds, who muffed it and then fielded the ball widely to Wright, who caught it very prettily. In the twelfth two men were out; Tyng made a two-base hit over left field; Tower then retired by Dailey to Cogswell. Outs in order...
Clinging to the cold, dark stone...
Clinging to the dark, rich mould...
...even in such a small matter as the name of the hero. He is described as a "fresh, frank, noble-looking young fellow, full six feet tall, with an honest face, bright eyes, and thick, curling, chestnut hair," and is introduced talking with a "fine-looking young man, with dark side-whiskers," and "a smile which was strangely winning." They are sub-Freshmen who enter, agree to chum without having seen each other before, and whose adventures, together with those of about a dozen others, are given at length over five hundred and eighteen pages. Fifteen chapters are devoted...
...descended from my room in search of some one to smoke with, talk with, or walk with, it mattered not which, provided I could only gratify my longing to be with my fellow-men. One room after another I tried, where congenial souls are wont to congregate, but dark windows or unanswered knocks told the same story for all; and, at length, I found myself in the Yard, as companionless as ever. "Why, O my chum," I groaned as I gazed at the gloomy window-panes of my room, "didst thou avail thyself of thy senioric privileges and betake thyself...