Word: distinctively
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Rule 24 was changed by taking it out of the power of the umpire to order a change of places, if, in his opinion, either side has a distinct advantage owing to the sun, wind or other cause...
...mere guide book accounts, that it is a pleasure to come across such an appreciative writer as Dr. Van Dyke. He gives something more than a topographical description of the country passed over; and when he gives this, he puts it in a charmingly readable form. There is a distinct atmosphere of the Dolomite region in the whole article...
...need of some expression of the peculiar temper of their age. Even in the midst of the British invasions upon England, the harp and song accompanied and perpetuated the deeds of these rough warriors. There is no question that there existed before the arrival of the Romans a distinct Celtic literature which gained its peculiar character from the domination of the Druids...
...poems of the Celts are chiefly cynical. They have never made a success in war or politics, and naturally their poems would not be didactic or ethical. They have no humor about their poems, but in all these there is a one of sadness always prevalent and generally distinct. As the great nation was pushed back from its vast empire, and again and again suffered defeat, their spirit was not broken, but their despondence is everywhere to be seen...
...choirs of Appleton Chapel. St. Pauls Church, Boston and Grace Church, Newton, will give a concert in Tremont Temple tomorrow evening in aid of the Free Hospital for women. Beside giving the pleasure of hearing fine church music, the concert will have a distinct educational value. The growth of English church music since the time of Christopher Tye will be illustrated by a programme of ten pieces arranged in chronological order. The solo parts will be sung by Masters Macdonald, Hill and Wilcox, trebles, Mr. C. N. Sladen counter tenor, Mr. George J. Parker, tenor and Mr. Heinrich Meyn, bass...