Word: got
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wisely remarks that he fears the change is too radical. Seriously, would it not really be more satisfactory; a wreath can at any rate be consigned to the waste-paper basket; whereas the hideous silver-plated monstrosities which are now the reward of prowess are not to be got rid of by any amount of ingenuity...
...Great Heavens! what have you got...
...worth while to do so on account of the added interest which would be given by having a fine hall to practise in. At any rate, the recitation-room should be changed from Upper Holden, which is about as poor a room for the purpose as could well be got...
...What have you got for dessert...
...take place on time. It is hardly surprising then that the crews in this regatta were not started until an hour after the appointed time. At five minutes past twelve the word was given, but the Yale men seemed to have perceived by intuition that it was coming, and got under way a second or two before Harvard. But our men were off the next instant, and made the smooth paper shell literally jump through the water. At the end of the sixth stroke they were fairly ahead of Yale, and the rest of the race showed only a constant...