Word: displaying
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Springfield and all strangers that the walls of that dull city contained awoke on the morning of July 19 and anxiously calculated the probabilities. The dull, threatening sky promised nothing better than discomfort to the male, and no possible display of finery to the female spectators of the Third Intercollegiate Regatta...
...captain, these, of course, being to wait for called balls. Out of five balls pitched, the last four came in beautifully, just where called for, and three strikes out were called by the umpire. This was rather sharp work, but not of a kind to call for the display of bad temper on the part of spectators which followed. The next striker had too balls and two strikes called on him, beside hitting a number of foul balls. At length he struck weakly to Perry at third, who presumably fielded it to Kent, at first; the ball struck...
...novel in its conclusion, and was written expressly for Miss Leclercq. The plot is interesting and exciting throughout, although we must confess it weakens perceptibly during the long speeches, moral and sentimental, of the unclerical parson Vivian Gray. The character of Mercy Merrick gives Miss Leclercq an opportunity to display her magnificent dramatic powers. Her story is that of a young woman making every effort against the prejudices of society to regain the social position she has lost by early indiscretion. An opportunity to do so by deceit is suddenly thrust upon her; she grasps it, though not without...
...theoretical and abstract reasons. They say that the College is endowed by the State, that women pay taxes, and that therefore it is legally wrong to refuse them the advantages of education that have been procured by their money; that girls in the public and private schools often display a great capacity for study, and often lead the boys, this fact proving that they are not mentally or physically disqualified for brain work. Mr. Phillips further called attention to the absurdity of demanding from women great talent, or genius even, before they are allowed the privilege of the higher education...
...trimmed with the richest point lace. The entire outfit is said by those in the secret to have cost $10,000 in Paris, and is the most elegant thing in its way ever seen in this city. The sacred edifice was profusely decorated by an elaborate floral display from the well-known house of -, of this city...