Word: refrain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...validity of the records made will be unquestioned; and we shall hope to see more than one of the best-on-record medals (which have been offered for any Harvard athlete who breaks a best American college record) claimed on that day. In connection with the sports, we cannot refrain from expressing our pleasure at the action of the Faculty in granting the Association an afternoon in the week for their games, as well as liberty to all instructors to omit their recitations on that afternoon. It shows how willing is the Faculty to co-operate with the students...
...echoed back the blithe refrain...
...with diligence and care to accomplish much. Correctness, morever, is essential; and there is great demand for tact and patience. Any attempts at alteration will render a ballad utterly worthless for all critical purposes : the literary merit is not a question at issue. Note, too, that the burden or refrain should always be retained. To conclude, the enterprise calls for painstaking inquiry on the part of those who have at heart the interests of our folk-lore, and it is to be hoped that many persons will be found to prosecute the search, and that their efforts may be crowned...
That sends the refrain of my lady's notes...
...report, an opportunity the like of which does not come, perhaps, more than once in twenty years. And that opportunity was neglected! Far be it from us to blame. The Corporation is composed of men whose judgment is far above the criticism of college students. But we cannot refrain from giving vent to a feeling of surprise which is wide-spread not only among students but also among many members of the Faculty and Cambridge society...