Word: inch
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...painting a picture there is but one line to be observed, which runs horizontally through the middle of the picture, and on this line may be placed every object which can please or attract the eye. Often the placing of an object three-quarters of an inch below or above this line will throw out the picture. To be pleasing to the eye a painting must contain more than one object, for the eye becomes wearied easily if it sees but one thing, and rests with relief upon a second object, from which it returns with greater interest...
...that is indispensable for every occasion of any importance after sun-down. The long frock is the swell coat of the season, but cannot be obtained in proper style from the cheap shops. Much depends upon the proportions and fitting, for if the waist be only half an inch too long or too short, or the skirt not have the proper flare, the whole effect is bad. The loose overcoats, now so popular, are another illustration. This coat, a first class one, will last in good shape four years, and then look better than a new cheap one. The Ulster...
...dissertations must be written upon letter paper of good quality, of the quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top, at the bottom, and on each side, so that they may be bound up without injury to the writing. The sheets on which the dissertation is written must be securely stitched together. The dissertations must not contain more than 10,000 words...
...that is indispensable for every occasion of any importance after sun-down. The long frock is the swell coat of the season, but cannot be obtained in proper style from the cheap shops. Much depends upon the proportions and fitting, for if the waist be only half an inch too long or too short, or the skirt not have the proper flare, the whole effect is bad. The loose overcoats, now so popular, are another illustration. This coat, a first-class one, will last in good shape four years, and then look better than a new cheap one. The Ulster...
Driscoll, B. H., won throwing the hammer, distance 90 feet 11 inches. Second Macy, W. A., distance 82 feet 7 inches. Third, Paine, Hop., distance 80 feet 4 inches. The pole vault was won by Hoyt, R. L. S., height 10 feet 6 3-4 inches. Second, Hallowell, Hop., height, 9 feet 4 1-4 inches. Third, Curtiss, W. A., height, 9 feet 1 inch...