Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...time of Euclid and Archimedes. He was not by profession a poet, but when he came to Athens he soon saw that there was something better to live for than boxing. So he put himself under the instruction of Zeno, a Stoic philosopher. But since he was a poor man he was obliged to work nearly all night to support himself. He was summoned before the Areopagus because he had no visible means of support, but when the council learned the true state of affairs, they commended him and made him a present, which Zeno forbade him to accept. Cleanthes...
...mere necessities of the case. To bury remains Saxon, because everybody must at last be put in the earth, but as only the rich and noble could afford any pomp in that sad office we get the word for it-funeral from the Norman. So also the poor man was put into a Saxon grave, and the noble into a Norman tomb. All the parts of armor, which was worn only by the nobel, have French names, while the weapons of the people, sword, bow, and the like continued Saxon. So feather is Saxon, but when it changes...
...played on their preparatory school teams and judging from their present work, few changes will be made in the team. In the more important games, however, the freshmen now with the 'varsity will in all probability play with their class team. The most noticeable weaknesses of the players are poor batting and careless base running...
...game between the 'varsity and Technology yesterday afternoon was probably as poor an exhibition of baseball as any undergraduate has seen on a Harvard diamond. The work of the pitchers on both sides was wretched through the first five innings. Perry '97 was in the box for Harvard and was so wild that the men were given but little chance to show what they were good for in the field. Twice, however, dangerous indecision was shown by the fielders-once when three men ran for a fly and no one touched it, and again when Hapgood ran into Paine...
Harvard's fielding was very poor, but the difference in the diamond at Williamstown from that on Jarvis Field bothered the men a good deal. It is impossible to adapt the playing at once from a smooth ground to a grass surface...