Word: gets
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...FAILING to get Mr. Vandenhoff, an engagement has been made with Mr. Murdoch, the elocutionist, to give a course of twelve lessons in oratory...
...understanding that the chapel hour shall remain where it now is, seems altogether undesirable. It would cause an immense amount of inconvenience without giving any compensating gain in time. The time allotted for breakfast would be shortened nearly one half, since, in order to reach chapel, one must get to breakfast at least as early as half past seven; and even then there would be no enjoyment of the meal, but a rapid shovelling process, alike disagreeable and detrimental, would take place. Should we fail, by reason of a morning nap or otherwise, to reach the hall before this early...
...March 1st, twenty days earlier than last year, the crew were out on the river, and since then have been able, except on Wednesday last, to get daily practice. The eight, as first made up, was as follows: Harriman 1, W. Le Moyne 2, Legate 3, Smith 4, Brigham 5, Schwartz 6, Jacobs 7, and Bancroft 8. Various changes have since been made in the forward part of the boat. From the men named, and from F. Le Moyne, Crocker, and Littauer, the crew will be selected. The other candidates have been distributed among the Freshman and Club crews...
...June 30; but this can only be done by the greatest care and perseverance on the part of each individual in the boat. With the exception of stroke, they lack strength on the catch, and almost every man uses his arms too soon, a fault most easy to get in this stroke. Bancroft is inclined to hitch in the middle of the stroke, but is placed at a disadvantage by the others, who do not respond to his hard catch. Jacobs does not keep his oar-blade covered in the last part of his stroke, his hands coming...
...umbrella, and the species of "gush" indulged in by the hero and heroine we ourselves in a similar position would be glad to be guilty of. Then how much more real and lifelike are "Laura Doane" and "Maggie Grey" than those wooden beauties that James delights in! We get a glimpse of "fluffy hair," a "slight, graceful figure," and we don't care to know if the eyes are large and lustrous, and the complexion like alabaster. In fact, we should prefer to see a few freckles, if only to show that she is but "an earthly paragon...