Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Miss Mary Dickens, grand-daughter of the novelist has gone on the stage to earn her livelihood...
...support from them. Do this, and come victory or defeat, the class can feel that at least they have done all they could to make a success. The whole college feels a deep interest in the game, and everyone, we are sure, wishes and hopes most earnestly for a grand triumph for Harvard and '87 this afternoon...
...play was called, a glance about the field seemed to reveal it filled to the fullest extent. Fully 10,000 people passed the gates. The colors of the two colleges were every where displayed, and relieved the monotonous black of the dense crowds packed about the since lines. The grand stand was fairly overflowing with fair supporters of the crimson or blue who, judging from their applause, seemed to take the keenest interest in every play. The ground was a tritle slippery, but otherwise everything seemed to contribute toward making the day a most perfect one for foot-ball...
...section as a whole, besides the loss of patience. Why are not monitors appointed? The lists must have been completed long ago. I understand also, that there is one course, in which there are 140 men, and eleven minutes are used by the watch. This would make a grand total of 25 hours lost...
...majestic figure of Homer is treated as the Greeks treated the figure of Jove. The grand head has heavy clustering hair and beard, the mighty chest is bare to the waist. The figure is seen in full face, the attitude is self-reliant, commanding, king-like. A staff is grasped in one hand, the other holds the drapery which comes from the shoulders and covers the lower portion of the body and the lower limbs. The modeling of the chest and limb is masterful, the pose of the head majestic. The pale dull red, green and yellow of the background...