Word: fro
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...five minutes talking before they remove them. Seated at the table, they begin to talk and laugh loudly on subjects distasteful to those unfortunates who happen to be within ear-shot. Again, as though they had been unused to good manners at home, they toss food to and fro across the table as if they were ignorant of the fact that the faculty furnish a "cage" in the gymnasium in which to practice hand-ball. In truth, a cage seems to be the only suitable place for the majority of them. Now and then a man will toss a piece...
...yards. Wood gains ten yards; Remington nothing. Porter is tackled and passes to Peabody for a kick. Watkinson muffs the ball, but it is Yale's down. Gill gets through to Peabody. Dudley throws Beecher, and Holden stops Woodruff; but Morrison scores, Goal. The ball is punted to and fro, till Holden almost finds a hole in Yale's rush line. Dudley and Porter fumble, and Porter is hurt; Boyden takes his place. Butler gains fifteen yards but Harvard is slowly forced back. Yale gets the ball on a fair catch, and Butler downs Watkinson before he can stir. Watkinson...
...pulling the fire out into the middle of the room. At home the old sofa stood beneath a window too, and I remember when quite a child kneeling upon it to look out and watch the birds that came for crumbs, and the snowberry bushes outside waving too and fro in the storm, or budding peacefully in the warm sunlight. Then how often in childish fits of anger or fretfulness, have I rushed to it, and buried my face in the cushion, and watered the mammoth flowers with my tears...
...fro. In the heat...
...alone sat unmoved while the heads and tongues of the damsels wagged to and fro in praise of Ching. She alone was worthy to be honored by his notice; and, if report spoke truly, she had received her desert. But her mind was not engaged with her noble suitor; and her eyes were turned toward a youth who was approaching diffidently. The eyes of this youth were cast down, and his steps were slow; only when he was opposite the spring he raised his eyes, and saw the damsels. Full in his face flashed a glance from...