Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...proof of their ability to put up a good game of ball; this afternoon is the time for the men to show what they are made of. The team can play good ball and all that is expected is for them to try to play well and not give grand stand exhibitions nor throw the ball all over the field...
...something of a relief to turn from the tension of "The Brazen Android" to the portion of a hitherto unpublished journal of Richard Henry Dana, which describes a voyage on the Grand Canal of China. The most charming part of the paper is that where Mr. Dana gives us a picture of the exquisite courtesy and politeness of a certain Chinese gentleman named U-u. This U-u showed a characteristic bit of Chinese courtesy-which might be recommended to Harvard men-when, declining to smoke more than one or two puffs of a cigar given him by a friend...
...witnesses to sign the papers and a certain amount of money being given to the man as a pledge of good faith. In after years this money was replaced by an iron ring, this being the origin of the modern engagement ring. Immediately after the betrothal there was a grand festival to which all the friends of both families were invited. The marriage ceremony took place in the morning and was followed by a grand banquet. About twilight a procession was formed by all the guests and the bride was led to her husband's house, and from that time...
...minds, attracting us and accompanying us throughout our lives. There are in all between twenty-five and fifty of Christ's parables. There are but few of his speeches, the chief characteristics of which could not be found in other literatures, but nowhere else do we find the same grand personality which is behind the parables of Christ...
...last subject was Haddon Hall, one of the best preserved examples of the Tudor architecture. It is a grand old place, and is the seat of a delightful romance, related at length by Professor Cooke, and was visited once or twice by Queen Elizabeth...