Word: drives
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THERE were to be eight of us, a double quartette; and the sleigh would hold only six. So I was to drive over in a cutter from Pike's and take the eighth voice...
...right, and Tyng scored. Two runs to begin with, which were loudly cheered. To Yale the first three innings yielded no returns, no man reaching first base. Wheaton's hit in the first inning was well taken by Latham. In the third Tyng made a glorious three-base drive down between centre and right, which won for him uproarious applause. He soon scored on Tower's sacrifice hit to second...
...beginning, because there the greatest resistance is obtained; and there the greatest strength must be applied, and applied instantly; for a light boat, if touched gently, slips away before a satisfactory hold on the water can be got: but it is a mistake to suppose that this hard drive is not to be carried right home. A fuller discussion of points such as these may be found in Woodgate's "Oars and Sculls...
...outside to get the food suited to their desires. It is essential to keep the price of board as low as possible to suit the means of those who cannot afford to pay a high price; this fact all must recognize; but is it necessary in so doing to drive out the large class of men who want and must have better board than is furnished at Memorial? Have such men no rights to be considered? Have they no claims worthy of recognition? The possibility of this new plan answers my first question in the negative; the others can have...
...done here, and it must at any rate carry with it the tone of the place. A few incidents founded on fact is not what we want. The forthcoming book is said to deal with actual occurrences to some extent, but if any Freshman ever induced another to drive a car into Boston by saying, "It will be just the jolliest lark," it is our good fortune to have escaped meeting him. The book, as a whole, may possibly be better than the extracts indicate, and it will certainly be worth reading from curiosity. As for the rest...