Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...never received the attention to which its peculiar literary merits entitle it. An attempt has been made to convince the public that as a translation it is a poor and inadequate piece of work. That question it is not worth while here to discuss; but it still bids fair to remain among the imperishable classics of our tongue. For its extraordinary merits as a piece of English place it above the rank of a translation and transform it into something only less original and native to the intellectual soil than the work of Shakspere or Milton themselves. It is surprising...
...proved too great an obstacle, for the '87 team to overcome. The conditions of the match were 4-men teams, each man to shoot at 25 clay birds, 5 angles, 18 yards rise. The freshmen won handily with a lead of 7 birds. They shot extremely well, and bid fair to prove worthy successors to the graduating '87 team. Appended is the score...
...steady and sure, where he had to handle grounders, but he was intolerably slow in putting the ball on the runner attempting to steal second. Between them Choate and Mumford did not get a man out at second although they had six opportunities to do so. Bingham pitched a fair game, but allowed two runs to be scored on wild pitches...
...most, and these are in very bad condition. Such being the case, it is not strange that there is little or no interest in private rowing. Many men who enjoy the sport would gladly pay the assessment of five dollars, if they could be reasonably sure of a fair boat. Would it not be a good plan for the boat club to look into this matter, and either by having the old boats, of which there are several, repaired, or by purchasing a few new ones, increase the facilities for private boating? By so doing the boat club would benefit...
...early poems of some men who have already won a large and enviable reputation, of which that book contains the authentic prophecy. Like prophecy will be found in the volume now given to the public, redolent of such genius, wit, and poetic inspiration as in their fair flowing give promise of a rich inheritage and abundant fruitage in coming years." It is, as George Herbert said: "A box where sweets compacted lie;" and, what Herbert could not helped have helped noticing had he seen it, - a very pretty...