Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...catch, and so cuts under without getting a firm hold on the water; and his back and shoulders (and also No. 4's) should be kept more firmly set and rigid. All superfluous body motions exhaust the strength of the men who make them, render it more difficult for those behind them to keep time, and disturb the trim of the boat...
...Politely motioning toward a friend who happened to be in the room, I pretended to be absorbed in my book. Renardy was in an easy-chair by the window, closely studying a work by an author popular among students of the Classics, and occasionally glancing for explanation of difficult passages at a little book on the same subject, written by one Tacitus, which he held in his other hand. As the old gentleman turned to him, he wearily laid down his book, and settled his features into that cast-iron expression which is reserved expressly for such visitors...
...early as eight in winter, and it is also much the cooler and pleasanter time for study, - a valuable consideration in view of the hot summer days. But this morning hour cannot be secured without a change in the breakfast and chapel hours, since studying before breakfast is difficult and exhaustive, while breakfast before chapel is certainly impracticable. I would suggest, then, as a solution of this problem, that the chapel hour be at a quarter before seven, with breakfast immediately following, and that otherwise no change be made, the hours for recitation remaining just as they are. This arrangement...
...Indian club swinging, for which there were two entries: Messrs. Shillito, '79, and Howe, '80. Mr. Shillito led off, and performed a number of figures in unusually fine style, calling forth frequent applause from the audience. Mr. Howe did himself much credit, especially in some very difficult underarm passages, that were loudly applauded. Mr. Shillito, however, won the prize, his manner of swinging the clubs being the more graceful...
...result of sitting in an over-heated room and of breathing a foul atmosphere for so long a time has been productive of many headaches and of much discomfort. There seem to be some who are unable to appreciate the sanitary advantages of fresh air; but it is difficult to understand how any person bred in a civilized country and to cleanly habits can be indifferent to the purity or the foulness of the atmosphere he inhales...