Word: feet
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...leased by the government for from five to twenty years to private parties for fishing purposes. At one of the larger of these openings our boat stops, and we find our guides or canoemen ready to take us ashore. The mouth of the river is perhaps a hundred feet wide, and the shallow water shows us a shingle bottom. On the bank a small French Canadian settlement manages to support itself and a few ponies. Little carts are the common vehicles for these rough roads, although we sometimes meet the luxurious bumping-board to remind us of New England...
...were retired in rapid succession; while the Bostons made two runs, owing to an error of Leeds and a collision between Thatcher and Tyng. The game was now tied, and began to look interesting. In the fourth innings Leeds earned first, Hodges sent a hot one between Schafer's feet, and the chances seemed good for a run; but, after Tyler went out on a fly, Leeds retired at second, and Hodges was caught in an attempt at stealing second. The Bostons were then put out in one-two-three order. Then Tyler went out on first; Hooper wasted several...
...Each goal shall consist of two upright posts, 16 feet high and 15 feet apart, with a cross-bar at a distance of 10 feet from the ground. The maximum length of the ground shall be 150 yards; the maximum breadth shall be 75 yards...
...down his feet went suddenly...
...more voracious of the monsters; paving-stones were torn up and thrown into Charles River until the Back Bay Problem was completely solved, no water being now visible for miles around; lamp-posts were thrust into the chimneys of dwelling-houses, and a pyramid of horse-cars five hundred feet in height was constructed, which, with all such drivers, conductors, and passengers as were so unfortunate as to be captured by the incarnate demons, was blown to atoms by nitro-glycerine...