Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...courses of the boats at the moment of the foul, are a clear indication of his opinion as to which boat should bear the blame of the foul. No one can regret more than Harvard that he refused to order the race rowed over, which it was his plain duty to do, in accordance with Rule XII. It is worthy of mention, and is not, we think, generally known, that the Harvard crew preferred a petition to this effect with the judges, at the same time with their claim of foul, and before leaving their boat...
...Hasty Pudding Club gave "Woodcock's Little Game" and "A Thousand a Year" at the Town Hall, Jamaica Plain, April 14, and again at Union Hall, Cambridgeport, April 16. The audiences at both places were large and quite generous in their applause, - rewards well merited by the excellence of the performance. We have not space to speak at length of the plays, but we must pay a passing compliment to Mr. McMillan, who took the leading parts in both, and distinguished them by so marked a difference of conception and style that a fresh actor seemed to walk upon...
...mass of crumbling ruins on the plain...
...Hasty Pudding Club will give some theatricals at the Town Hall, Jamaica Plain, Tuesday evening, April 14th, and at Union Hall, Cambridgeport, Thursday evening, April 16th...
...Lord, those duets!) 't was plain...