Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...verdict recognized. Mr. Severance has struggled hard to gain it, and we must do him the justice to say that he has followed his model with the most conscientious exactness. Both the heroes row in exciting races; each of them has two loves, one in high and one in low life; both the heroines sprain their ankles and have to be carried home, and so on through the books. Both the authors are excellent when they describe college scenes, both fail when they introduce an irrelevant romantic element. The chief merit of "Tom Brown at Rugby" is that it tells...
...prizes of the H. A. A. have been on exhibition at Wyeth's since Wednesday, and have attracted much notice. The general favorite seems to be the Bicycle Cup given by the "Sporting Column" of the Crimson. The prizes were all made by Shreve, Crump, and Low...
With silk'n coats and low Byronic collar...
...loud petitions or low-murmured prayers...
...each examination warnings are so numerous that to receive one is the rule rather than the exception. It certainly seems a great pity that men should be afraid to take the English and German courses because of the apparent certainty of a condition, or, at best, of a very low mark. Where the system of taking off so much for each mistake is followed, a man is marked, not on what he does, but on what he fails to do. In courses where marking by the "curve system" is in vogue, we cannot of course complain, as that system...