Word: deal
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...clerkes say ye shall not deal with chaunce...
...others of whom little is expected in this line. During the past week it has been the misfortune of the Nine, at several important crises, to have the good batting of a few men utterly wasted by the complete failure of those who have followed; and a good deal of training and practice is needed to remedy this fault. Slow and ill-judged base-running has in a few instances resulted in serious loss. Base-running is a feature wherein our men ought to excel, since they have the brain to judge and the swiftness to execute. But there...
...enterprising undertaker to start a new coffin-warehouse right opposite the College. Yet the evil is over, but an epidemic worse than measles has broken out. We refer to the baseball and regatta business, which now monopolizes every available corner of the Crimson and Advocate. Why did the measles deal so kindly with Harvard's College editors...
...knew it," I resumed. "That's what they all say. And what I want to speak to you about is this: you know we had to spend a great deal of money for boating last year, and this year we 're kind of hard up; and we thought some of the friends outside, who think so much of us, might like...
...that, if I give him special instructions about anything, he takes great pains to do exactly the opposite of what I have told him. If I say that I am going away to pass Sunday, and do not want a fire lighted, he puts himself to a great deal of pains to keep the fire blazing all day. And if I tell him I shall be back at a certain time, I am sure, upon my arrival, to find a desolate hearth...