Word: light
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Flashing a rainbow light...
...Then from five o'clock to ten we shall have the regular traditional exercises of Class Day. The amount of festivity which will prevail during these hours is unfortunately an uncertain quantity. If we win the match, the spectators of the contest will adjourn to the various spreads with light hearts and excellent appetites, the evening will wear happily away, and when the lanterns begin to fall our guests will reluctantly depart from the scene of revelry. If a cruel fate decides the contest otherwise, the result will be - But no, we decline to consider this side of the question...
...last we got on the health side of the question, and she struck into a new path by saying, 'Now, Cousin Harry, just to prove to you how unhealthy it is, I want to show you something papa taught me. Light your cigarette, - it's the only one I'll ever give you leave to light, - and fill your mouth with smoke. That's right. Now put down your cigarette and take your handkerchief...
...bears no record of the few crews who have won it. We have, then, for our races, two valuable cups which have been for some time occupying an almost unknown grave in the safe at the Bursar's office. They have been recently brought to light, and are now to be completely disinterred and again devoted to their proper use as prizes in the Spring Races. The Graduates' Cup, which is much the larger, and is altogether quite an elegant article, is to be the prize for the six-oar race, and the Beacon Cup for the four-oar. Both...
...followed clear through by a good, vigorous, even stroke. The hardest part of this stroke, unless the man makes a jerk in the middle, must be at the beginning, because there the greatest resistance is obtained; and there the greatest strength must be applied, and applied instantly; for a light boat, if touched gently, slips away before a satisfactory hold on the water can be got: but it is a mistake to suppose that this hard drive is not to be carried right home. A fuller discussion of points such as these may be found in Woodgate's "Oars...