Word: gain
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fetch her too, he 'd gain his cause, no doubt...
Ever since "Tom Brown at Oxford" glided into glory under cover of the earlier Tom Brown's reputation, we have been waiting for the American Tom Brown. Many aspirants to that title have arisen, but none of them has the popular verdict recognized. Mr. Severance has struggled hard to gain it, and we must do him the justice to say that he has followed his model with the most conscientious exactness. Both the heroes row in exciting races; each of them has two loves, one in high and one in low life; both the heroines sprain their ankles and have...
Whether "Hammersmith" will obtain a fixed position as the Harvard novel, is a question which must be left to the decision of the more experienced; that it will gain great popularity, and deserved popularity, in the present, can be safely affirmed. In spite of its length, it is a pleasant book to read, and some parts of it will bear more than one reading. We recommend it to all Harvard men as a companion in their summer travels...
...House Clubs. With this in view, and the expenditure of a little more energy on the part of the club secretaries, we think boating matters will be found to be in a fair condition after all. We must say we fail to see what Mr. Blakie would gain by foreclosing. As things stand he has a fair chance of getting all his money; if he forecloses, he gets only a lot of rickety, slow old tubs, called by courtesy "shells" and barges, which he could never sell for anything but kindling-wood...
...long step in the right direction. If such schools as Exeter, St. Paul's, etc., would make more of a feature of athletic outdoor sports, - make it a part of the course, in fact, - and provide proper instructors in running, walking, etc., the advantage would be incalculable; the gain would be not merely physical but also mental, and the good effects of such sports would be felt all through life...