Word: distinctness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first half the ball stayed well into the middle of the field, neither side gaining any distinct advantage. Finally Trafford kicked and Dunlop made a fumble of the catch. Hallowell, in old time fashion, was on hand to pick it up and make the touchdown and Harding kicked the goal, making the score 6-0 in favor of the graduates...
...than it was last year at the same time. In certain departments there is a loss in numbers, but in the Medical and Law Schools, where the loss is greatest, the decrease is a sign of growth rather than retrogression, for in each case it indicate a distinct raising of the standard. The figures in the article are so plain that they require little comment beyond what is given in connection with them...
Though we take any number of points on a curve, they will tell us nothing of its nature till we know the law that binds them together. Though a melody consists of separate, distinct notes, we could get no conception of it if we were to study these notes singly. They must be taken as a whole before they can appeal...
...sufficient to live thus negatively. we must do something If we continually encourage the higher parts of our nature, we must of necessity put under the lower part. The growth of one means the destruction of the other It is all rational, and psychological. A man cannot have two distinct conscious-nesses at the same time. If he retains one he must lose the other, and just so as the new man can only be put on as the old is taken off. "If ye walk in the spirit ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh...
...custom which has been in vogue for so many years, simply through the thought lessness or indifference of her members. In matters of this kind where the choice of contributions is governed entirely by competition, there ought to be so many aspirants that the successful contributors should receive some distinction for their work. It would be, moreover, a distinct aid to the committee to have many contributions from which to make their selections, and a favor which they would appreciate. Consequently the time for receiving the designs for tickets and the hymns has been extended until Saturday, and as many...