Word: quickening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...beyond a question that one's intellectual dominion is greatly extended even by the mere ability to read other languages than his own. For it is precisely those works which are most characteristic, which most deepen and widen the mind, which quicken the sense of beauty, which beckon the imagination-it is precisely those which are untranslatable, nay, which are so in exact proportion as they are masterly. This is especially true of the great poets, the glow of whose genius fuses the word and the idea into a rich Corinthian metal which no imitation can replace. One feels this...
...time and form, for so early in the season, are pretty fair. There is a general tendency throughout the boat to quicken the last part of the draw, and to go too far back...
...would be accomplished by having practice debates, without decisions by judges, between very many of the colleges. Harvard, for example, would have practice debates with Brown, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, and so on, and then besides would have the decisive debates with Yale and Princeton. This would do much to quicken the interest in speaking both by enlarging the circle of rivalry and by giving a much larger number of men an opportunity to represent the University. Such an arrangement would also, probably, be acceptable from the standpoint of the smaller colleges. Such practice also would undoubtedly raise the standard...
...complimentary dinner to the eleven and the coachers. We all remember how successful the dinner was two years ago, and it is no less deserved this year, for if ever an eleven deserved a testimonial from us this eleven does. Moreover a dinner of this kind does much to quicken our active interest in football; it gives an opportunity to all to consider and discuss our policy, and its best application in foot ball and its binds us all strongly together in the firm determination to stand even more staunchly by our eleven and encourage it to victory. Consequently...
...from the Harvard Bridge down to the finish. The crowds along the wall and on the bridge cheered strongly, while the sophomore sympathizers on the grand stand, nearly went wild with joy when Ninety-four was seen to lead by a length. Both juniors and seniors now began to quicken their stroke perceptibly and the freshmen for a while showed a tendency to jab at the water, causing more or less splash, but soon recovered themselves. When the crews reached the stake boat, half way from the bridge to the Union Club, Ninety-two, Ninety-three and Ninety-five were...