Word: hill
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Yale was especially weak between the pitcher's points, an up-hill game evidently not being Carter's forte. Tyng caught remarkably well. Ernst pitched effectively. Winsor and Holden made remarkable fly catches. Thayer caught a seemingly impossible foul bound. Nunn and Latham fielded finely, while Howe...
...preliminary contest for the Boylston Prizes will probably take place in Sanders Theatre, on the 12th or 13th of June. Mr. Riddle, Professor A. S. Hill, and some other gentlemen not yet selected are to act as judges...
...Principles of Rhetoric and their Application. By PROFESSOR ADAMS S. HILL. New York: Harper & Bros...
...chief value of Professor Hill's Elements of Rhetoric lies in its practical nature. Designed for use as a text-book, it omits theoretical speculations, gives particular rules rather than vague generalizations, and puts everything in a form that can be readily grasped and easily remembered. An abundance of examples and passages from modern authors illustrate each statement, and numerous references on each page make it possible for the student, if he wishes, to pursue the subject beyond the limits of the book. We wish, however, that the book had a fuller index, so that it might be used...
...course, in any work upon the subject of Rhetoric, - a subject in which individual taste plays an important part, and learned doctors disagree, - there will be some statements which may be questioned; but for the purposes of a text-book there is little in Professor Hill's work which does not merit the highest praise...