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Word: handfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...German' was given at the Sage. A brace of Italians discoursed charming music, and the festivities were continued until a very late hour." Hand-organs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 6/1/1877 | See Source »

...results in Carter striking out, Brown batting to second, Wheaton getting a base hit, and Morgan retiring on a good catch by Dow. Wright is evidently in a hurry, and goes out quickly at first. Dow then hits a hard one to the pitcher, who touches it with his hand just enough to turn it into the short-stop's hands. Sawyer then completes the symmetry of the score card by going out as the twenty-seventh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 6/1/1877 | See Source »

Then, on the other hand, every course, even in the Mathematics, had a couple of admirers, and it being known that I was searching for knowledge, there grew up a sort of free fight on the electives in my room, at which I was moderator, and while one grind yelled in one ear the praises of the Hitopadeca, one on the other side recited Beowulf, and another screamed the theory of Quaternions down my neck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FAIR ELECTION. | 5/18/1877 | See Source »

...reached second on Cogswell's muff; Wright had previously retired on first. Sawyer flied out to snigg, and Leeds's foul flied to Carl. In this inning Woodhead hit a hard liner to Ernst, who stopped its force, and Leeds very prettily caught it on the fly from his hands. In the seventh Tyng hit hard to Blogg, who caught it well. Tower followed with a base-hit, reached second on Carl's poor throw, and third on Thayer's base-hit. The ball was then in Woodhead's hands, who tossed it to pitcher; and Thayer attempted to reach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 5/18/1877 | See Source »

...University Crew are to have their pictures taken seated in their boat. The pictures, which are to be large size, will be sold for two dollars each, and persons desiring to obtain one are requested to hand their names to the Captain, Mr. Bancroft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/18/1877 | See Source »

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