Word: lay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rival, while, if we accept the testimony of the Globe and Herald, it should have been placed to the credit of our freshmen, since the faulty decisions of the umpire helped the freshman team from New Haven to add five runs to its score. But though we cannot lay claim to a point gained in the contest for the freshman championship, we can contemplate with satisfaction the steps already taken toward the acquisition of two other, and more important, championships. By the game with Yale we have proved our ability to play a strong and steady game under the strain...
...connection with the Boylston Prize contest of this evening has occasioned considerable comment amon those intending to compete. This year, in direct opposition to the established precedent, the would-be prizemen have had no regular rehearsal of their parts. In former years, it has been the custom to lay aside, in a degree, the work of the elocution department, for the purpose of giving systematic training to those about to contest for the Boylston prizes. This year, we are told, the rehearsals of the Shakspere Club have taken so much time that this has been impossible. We are sorry...
...horsemanship by Col. Theodore A. Dodge, U. S. Army. The most notewortey feature of the book are the plates, which are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, the author's famous horse, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge. Of these the author says in his preface, "their origin lay in the bebelief that a fine gaited horse could be instantaneously photographed, and still show the agreeable action which all horse-lovers admire, and have been habituated to see drawn by artists, instead of the ungainly positions usually resulting from the instantaneous process." This object has been gained...
...their hearers' nature, and tell pitiful tales of the wretched condition of the Irish peasantry, and the natives of India,-all caused, as they say, by the introduction of free trade. When they turn their attention to this country, both fall into the same error. The protectionists calmly lay the whole prosperity of the country since the late war to the existence of a high tariff, while many free traders fall into a similar error by asserting that the prosperity of the country before that period was caused by the free trade tariff bill...
...songs proved to be taking, and were well rendered by the chorus, especially the "Ding Dong" song, given behind the scenes, at the beginning of the second act. The solos of Baldwin and of Carroll were effectively sung, and enjoyed by all. The strong part of the play, however, lay in the acting of Cushing, Hearst, and Swinscoe. These three gentlemen have an uncommon power of producing comic effect. Their superiority to the other performers was partly due to a careful avoidance, on their part, of all meaningless gesticulation. Swinscoe and Hearst immediately won the favor of the audience...