Word: feet
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...good-natured, good-hearted fellow Augustus really is, I was rather surprised to see a sneer on his face when he heard Smudge's name. Looking at Smudge to see the reason, I could see that he is no beauty; his hands are large and rather red, and his feet would be quite long enough for all practical purposes, without those long, tapering, curved projections which the shoemaker has been pleased to add, and which he, poor fellow, thinks rather a nuisance, but one which must be endured for the sake of fashion. But if I had asked Augustus...
...fourteen miles an hour, and which shall be ready for use, and at the service of the Regatta Committee, four days before the 30th of June; to build a boat-house, with float for each crew, at such places as they shall designate, each building to be sixty-five feet long by twelve feet broad, and high enough for a man to stand in; to regulate the charges at hotels, and the fares of hacks, for the protection of spectators. The quarters of the crew will be the same as in 1873. The course has not yet been definitely determined...
...Memorial Hall was for the use of the students, but from recent occurrences it appears not. When men visit the Hall and deliberately insult the students while at their meals by standing with their hats on, if their conduct is hinted at as being disagreeable, by the medium of feet in conjunction with the floor, whoever is seen making any disturbance is pounced upon by the Directors and expelled or suspended, to serve as a warning to others. What right the Directors have to do this we fail to see, unless it be for the reason that as the authority...
...pains to conceal. There are men, in short, who pass their whole lives in the effort to make an invidious distinction between themselves and their fellows. These are the men whom we ought to despise. These are the men whom our duty orders us to tread beneath our feet. These are the men who, if things were as they should be, and if social distinctions were allowed, would rightly and deservedly be execrated by all as the lower classes...
...first contest on the programme was the running high jump; the entries being Messrs. Hall, '76, and Hubbard, '78. Both contestants succeeded in clearing the rope at five feet one and a half inches, but failed at five feet two inches; a tie was therefore declared, but the judges awarded the prize to Mr. Hall, as he jumped in the best form...