Word: resistless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...alarm from box 54 last evening at about half past eight o'clock, called out an excited and eager mob of students, who rushed along in headlong haste, expecting to see Memorial Hall already in the resistless arms of the devouring element. After a delay of some minutes, it was discovered that the upper part of the house of Mr. Charles W. Sever, 12 Frisbie Place, was on fire. Engine No. 1 was the first to get to work, and was able to supply enough water without further assistance from the other engines. Inspired by the applause of hand-clapping...
...some faint conception may be reached of the scene that invariably follows the close of a game on either Jarvis or Holmes. No sooner is the last man put out, or the winning run scored than the cream of Cambridge muckerdom rises, and sweeps over the barriers with the resistless power of a tidal wave, overwhelming players and spectators alike in the mad rush. Such is the state of affairs. There is a remedy. At every game a detail of Cambridge "constabulary" is hired to keep the non-paying spectators from encroaching upon the field. This they successfully accomplish during...
...deep, resistless drowsyness...
...raised her beautiful, tearful eyes to her companion's face, and involuntarily gave him a tender glance. This was a spark in tinder. Ching seized her hand, and poured out his pentup passion in a resistless torrent. The maiden's breath was quite taken away, at the first plunge in this deluge of sentiment. She listened with ever-increasing alarm, until she found a chance to implore, "No more! oh, no more!" But Ching was fairly beside himself; his love told, he prayed her to assure him of its return. He had held her hand; he threw his arm round...