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Word: right (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Right or Wrong" is an episode from the Civil War; although the idea is not new the story is related so charmingly that the reader cannot help enjoying it. "The Adventures of an Evening" is a curious bit of fancy; although well told, somehow or other is unsatisfactory, perhaps because the reader does not know what the pretty young woman said in a low tone. "The Death and Spoiling of Tiresias" it is a story from Thebeau history; as a story it recommends itself to the reader, but the style is rather heavy. "The Siege of Xavier de Chateaufort...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advocate. | 11/5/1889 | See Source »

...perhaps help others to arrive at a clearer view of political affairs. Now who of us does not believe that President Eliot's views as expressed in his Bay State club speech, are the result of manly, conscientious thought? And, believing this, who of us would deny him the right of every American citizen to state his views wherever and whenever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 11/5/1889 | See Source »

...carried the ball to the ten yard line but there lost it or holding. Ninety-two kicked it back to the centre of the field. Again Ninety reached the ten yard line, but Ninety-two took the ball for holding again. White pushed through the rush line at the right end and gained ten yards. A fine hole was made for Carpenter and by shoving him along Ninety-two forced the ball twenty yards from her goal. After three downs without a gain Ninety-two was obliged to kick. McLeod caught the ball and carried it to where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ninety wins the Championship. | 10/30/1889 | See Source »

...thighs. Almost, but not quite at the same moment, the legs begin their office. They drlve-drive the slide back and the oar through as the body swings until towards the finish the knees are flattened down and the stroke is thus pressed in a firm and solid sweep right home on to the chest, the outside hand of elbow being swung past the side and the shoulders rowed back. The pressure is not relaxed for a moment since the finish is the most important part of the whole stroke. For a good solid finish flow a steady swing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cambridge Stroke. | 10/29/1889 | See Source »

Boston Athletic Club-Rushers: (right end) Morrison, Codman, Beals, Wheeler, Houghton, Cornish. Beals; quarter-back, Kimball; half-backs, Peters, Hunt; full-back, Atkinson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Eleven, 10; Boston Athletic Club 6. | 10/28/1889 | See Source »

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