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Word: firmly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...patronage, would import this color, and supply it to students, and also dealers at the regatta, and by this means we should avoid having the almost endless variety of shades which are called "crimson" by the venders thurst upon us at such a time. Moreover, by employing this firm, we have a place where we can always obtain the true color, and be perfectly sure that we are getting a good article...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/15/1875 | See Source »

...severely shaken by the removal of the foundation stone in the shape of the three men from last year's crew, whom he supposes us to have. That by hard work we can enter a crew which will do us credit we do not doubt, but it is our firm conviction that without more enthusiasm and without the services of our best men, we stand little chance of winning back what the newspapers are pleased to call "our lost prestige...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/15/1875 | See Source »

Though seeming firm, is swaying to the waves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A. D. 1875. | 6/25/1875 | See Source »

...Firm bonds will e'er bind heart to heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS SONG. | 6/25/1875 | See Source »

...they seemed to swing very well together. Their recover was, however, too much of that "elastic leap" which used to be so common, and which always looks so very "racy." Weld and Holyoke both had better individual polish than the Holworthy crew, but they lacked that certain and firm catch together, which is only the result of long pulls by the same crew, behind the same steady stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST CREWS. | 6/4/1875 | See Source »

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