Word: finished
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...snake he fill her whole parasol with appel; he say, 'Eritis sicut Deus. Mons. Adam he will eat ze appel, he will become like un Dieu, - know ze good and ze evil. But you, Madame Iv, cannot become more of a goddess than you are now!' And zis finish Madame Iv." - Wells-Coll. Chronicle...
...race was well contested between the two first crews; Holworthy pluckily pressing Weld till the very finish, and crossing the line two lengths behind, while she was followed by Holyoke seven and one-half lengths astern, and Matthews, loath to leave the field, gallantly closed up the rear, forty-five seconds behind Holyoke...
Holworthy, although well worked together, was not beyond criticism. The whole crew rolled badly out of the boat at the end of the stroke, and some bad faults at the finish of the stroke were made up for by "meeting" so as to be in time for the next stroke, especially in the upper part of the boat. Had Weld or Holyoke been as well "together" as Holworthy, they would have undoubtedly beaten, from superior strength and style. However, Holworthy had one important excellence which all the other crews lacked. They kept their oars in the water until...
...race between the Trial Fours on Saturday was not a great success. The water was very rough, and although the race was rowed, it hardly served to show which was the better crew of the two. The boats crossed the line at the finish full of water, and with their bows almost even, Wetmore's crew leading the other by perhaps a foot. Several of the crews which went down to see the race came to grief on account of the roughness of the water. In making their landing at the Union Boat House, the Holyoke four swamped, much...
...SUBSCRIPTION has lately been set on foot and & 12,950 has been raised to finish Memorial Hall and to lessen the debt of the Dining Hall Association...