Word: hill
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...meet" under the auspices of the Boston Bicycling Club was held on Fast Day, at 11 o'clock, in front of Trinity Church. Some twenty-five machines were in line, and a run was had, via Chestnut Hill Reservoir, to Squantum, which point was reached in about three hours. Here the club had a collation, and returned by train. The regular meet was held on Saturday...
Nicholas's voice is a rare one, full, rich, and uncultivated, yet very sweet withal. I remember that often, crossing the Public Garden, and hearing the familiar voice singing, under a Beacon Hill window, I have had the bad taste to sit down upon one of the benches to listen, and imagine myself in Italy hearing a lover serenade his lady. Once indeed, on a June morning, when the birds twittered and Nicholas sang so that I forgot my annual awaiting me, I followed him up and down, until, meeting a severely critical friend, I basely shielded myself by asserting...
...following are the officers of the Christian Brethren for the next half-year: President, Edward Hale, '79; Treasurer, H. F. W. Morse, '78; Secretary, W. B. Hill, '79; Librarian, W. F. Price...
...Peabody. Caleb Cushing, William Tudor, and J. G. Palfrey stand among the thirties; and Professors Norton and Lowell, and W. H. Prescott, among the twenties. Of the members of the present Faculty, H. W. Torrey has seven; John Fiske and Asa Gray, six each; A. S. Hill and C. F. Dunbar five each; H. C. Lodge and F. H. Hedge two each; and J. B. Greenough, J. P. Cooke, Jr., and N. S. Shaler, one each. Among the other contributors are Bancroft, Bryant, Lewis Cass, Daniel Webster, Emerson, Nathan Hale, Longfellow, and Howells...
...tail with all your might and never produced the least result, unless, perhaps, you pulled the poor animal over. Need I say, then, that he was a very safe family horse? The small boy drove him without peril, except once when he was coaxed into a trot, going down hill, and directly fell down, breaking both shafts. Even then little damage was done, excepting the loss of the shafts and of a few more gray hairs...