Word: lay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...library is used, and we regret to say, abused also, - but here we are getting on to old theme of complaints, and as visions of petitions, of selfish and noisy men in the reading-room, and of electric lights, et cetera, et cetera, come upon us, we lay aside our pen, and permit ourselves for once, at least, to think of what the library is, not of what it might...
...that Yale at last put the ball within Princeton's 25-yard line. Here it stayed without any important change of position until a long punt by B. Hodge and a fumble by Beecher resulted in a Princeton man touching the Yale goal line with his feet as he lay upon the ground embracing the ball. For 15 minutes the contest waxed warm at this point, but Yale stood firm and played in such steady form that no touch-down was scored against her. At last, much to the relief of Yale supporters, Beecher's little frame was seen...
...Channing Church fair at Newton closes this evening. A great variety of novel, useful and ornamental articles will be offered for sale, affording a splendid opportunity for everybody to lay in a stock of presents for the coming holidays...
...second run of the season occurred yesterday afternoon and was unusually successful. The scent lay fair and even, and only once were the hounds seriously at fault, and then through their own short-sightedness. The hares, A. T. Dudley, '87, and Dana, '88, started from the front of Matthews at 4.20, and they were followed after the regulation interval by a pack of thirty hounds with Webster, '87, master, at their head. The track lay first through Prof. Norton's woods and the grounds at Sandy Hill, then into Somerville, up over Winter Hill and through the back yards...
...most prominent gentlemen in their several departments are lending their best efforts to the success of the course, and the readings already given are examples of the excellence which may justly be expected in the readings which are to follow. Too many of us are apt to lay aside the classical or even the modern languages, when once our minds are diverted to other channels of study. It is exactly for such men that the course has been established. Little effort is required to attend these readings, and there is no supplementary course of instruction offered to us which will...