Word: felling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...abusive system of taxation is of course our colonial revolution, and in France the unendurable taxes from the time of Louis the fourteenth to the year 1789 forced the people to such a pitch of frenzy that the heroes they committed seem almost justified. Six thousand nobles and gentry fell by the guillotine, and yet when one considers the multitudes that these nobles had been starving to death by taxation for a thousand years, the clemency that the masses showed in their hour of triumph and vengeance seems almost wonderful...
...Boston. He was riding on the front platform of an electric car, and in Cambridgeport he jumped off the car and ran along at its side for a short distance. He then tried to get on the front platform again while the car was in motion, but slipped and fell over, one foot falling on the track and being run over by the wheel. Tudor was carried immediately to the nearest station, and a surgeon examined his injured foot. Fearing that amputation was necessary-so severely had the bones been crushed-the surgeon at the station advised the removal...
...reciprocity treaty of 1854 trebled trade between Canada and the United States, and the trade fell off at the abrogation of the treaty-Hunt's Merch. Mag., XXXIV...
...Homeric poems down to the present day, following with a sketch of their chief characteristics and remarks on the range and nature of the work in Homer which will be carried on in the freshman class. The speaker said that when the distinctly Greek civilzation passed away, Homer fell into disuse and Virgil took his place. For little was known about Homer at that time and the translations were poor. About this time spurious poems by Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian appeared and for a long time these were thought more trustworthy than the Homeric poems. In these...
There were no Harvard entries for the 220-yards hurdle race which was one of the most exciting of the events. In all of the heats, one or more of the men fell in taking the hurdles and several were severely injured. The final heat was won by J. C. Lally, P. A. C., in 29 4-5 seconds...