Word: fight
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...water as equals. At present it is deemed but idle for even a second-rate crew to measure oars with the best we can bring out. There is a good deal of bombast in this, and reminds one of a bully who boasts when thinking himself safe from fight. We have never rowed but once with an English university, and at that time, although beaten, the result was far from a disgrace. We were under every disadvantage, caused by change of climate and diet, and even of having men in the race not up to their usual excellence; despite this...
...ecrivant meme l'idee m'echappe." And if this is true of prose writing, where words are not restricted, how much more must just be the complaint in the case of poetry, where, in the choice of words, sense and jingle seem ever to be having a Kilkenny cat-fight in the brain of the unfortunate devotee of the "Art of Poetry." And yet poets do unmistakably attain a skill in reconciling thought and metre which is perfectly marvellous. How is it done? And again, can it ever be done without sacrificing something of the thought or something...
With eager eyes we watch the fight...
Stern "boys" went up and won the fight...
...Quincey has celebrated, of so artistic a character that they could not fail to command the respect of all true lovers of the aesthetic. Windows furnished the favorite mode of entrance and exit, daylight or darkness suited the interlopers, and, in one instance at least, a hand-to-hand fight settled the ownership of valuable articles of clothing. The next year we dwelt in greater security, but last year the losses were severe and numerous; watches were stolen from the Gymnasium and from the Boat-house, and clothing from a good many rooms. This year, too, a valuable carpet...