Word: error
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...writer of that article is correct in his conjecture; because Christians are mentioned, the implication is not intended that the other sects are heathens. Permit an explanation of the distinction which the writer did not clearly see, and of the error into which he hesitatingly, but blindly fell. Without descending to detail, which the encyclopaedia will supply, it is simply necessary to state that "Christians," here used, is the name which one sect in the United States has chosen to assume. Their locality is Vermont, and the Southwest; their doctrines are liberal, and their creed is the Bible; although they...
...point of mechanical execution the work is remarkably handsome. The binding is of red muslin, and the paper is of a superior quality. There is only one typographical error as far as we have been able to discover. The edition is limited to a thousand copies, and we doubt not will be soon exhausted...
Leeds led off for Harvard with a long fly to left field, which was well taken by Tyler. Wright got his first on an error of the third baseman, took second on a passed ball, and came home op Tyng's two-base hit. Tyng was put out while attempting to steal third. Thayer took first on an error by pitcher, stole second, and scored on a hot grounder of Ernst's which the third base failed to stop. Dow closed the inning by giving the short stop an easy fly. For Brown, Nickerson reached first by Thatcher's missing...
...second inning Latham opened with a base hit, and Thatcher got first on an error by short stop. Sawyer then struck to third, forcing out Latham, while Thatcher was caught between second and third base. Leeds then made a beautiful hit between left and centre fields, bringing in Sawyer, but was put out while trying to reach third...
Ernst's pitching was wonderfully effective and Thatcher's catching almost faultless. Our outfielders had a good deal of work to do, and did it without an error. The only two serious faults in our nine seem to be want of judgment, at times, in their base running, and a tendency to become nervous when the bases are full...