Word: home
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...duty of the Corporation to provide better means of egress from our dormitories in case of fire. Were a first class fire to break out to-morrow with great loss of life and property, every one would be clamorous for better protection, or, to use a homely proverb, the barn would be locked after the home was stolen. There is nothing in the nature of things why we are not just as liable to a fire as any other collection of large buildings occupied by tenants, and why a fire catching near the stairs and getting a good headway would...
...course we laughed, but the pesky thing had burnt right into my foot, and I was as lame as a Bull of Bashan. And then I had no string to that boot, too; so, you see, we had to walk home slowly, and there was no time for flowers if we wanted to get home before dark. So there was no grubbing that...
...walked home she let me take a cigarette to soothe my nerves, though I'm afraid she laughed at me for having them. But somehow I found this handkerchief in my pocket that evening, and she has n't asked for it yet. So there...
...fine base hit to left. Morgan was thrown out at first by Ernst. Bigelow then batted to Sawyer, but the ball, bounding from his hands, flew out into right, where it was again mishandled by Dow. These two bad errors gave Bigelow a life and Wheaton third and home. Williams was then fielded out at first by Thayer. For Harvard, Leeds struck out, and Tyng and Tower went out at first, after hits to second and third...
...Tyng. Two men out, and nothing done. But Williams follows with a hit to right, and is safe because of Dow's inexcusable fumble. Smith hits safe to left, sending Williams to third. Downer hits to Leeds, who throws wild to first, giving Downer second and Williams and Smith home. Downer in the mean time tries to get third, the ball is thrown to Thayer, who, touching him, supposes him out and returns the ball carelessly to Ernst. Ernst is not looking, the ball passes him, and Downer scores, the umpire not having decided him out. This run the result...