Search Details

Word: largest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...this way it is hoped that everybody will be satisfied. I forgot to state that the price of the regulation suits is fixed at sixty dollars for the largest, fifty-five for the next, and so on. It has been suggested that a tall man who wishes to economize can do so by wearing the smallest suit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NEW SCHEME. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

Third, That the championship shall be awarded to the club having the largest percentage of games won, or, in case of a tie, to the club having the greatest number of games won, or, in case of a still further tie, to the club having the greatest number of series...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BASE-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...those who exercise from four until half-past five, since they are compelled either to give up a part of their exercise or to deprive themselves of the use of reference-books in the evening. If the hour were changed from five to four, probably the convenience of the largest number would be met; for where two persons wish to refer to the same book at the same time, the first who comes will get it, whether the hour be five or four, and where there is only one applicant, it makes no difference at what hour the book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/10/1879 | See Source »

...therefore, already to a large extent non-sectarian by its statutes and foundation; by the encouragement given to students to examine both sides of important questions; by the largest liberty given them in their essays, discussions, and preaching; by there being no doctrinal tests for students or professors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL. | 10/10/1879 | See Source »

...advertisement of Dr. Tourjee's New England Conservatory of Music, the largest institution of the kind in the world, will be found on page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next