Word: rode
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...considered the hardest way of crossing the island, as many fords have to be made, the deepest that across the Thojorsa River, the largest of the rivers of Iceland. On this part of the trip the party passed near Mt. Heckle, the famous volcano, and for two days rode close to the Arnafells Jokull and the Vatna Jokull, the latter the largest glacier in Europe. In six days the expedition reached Akureyri, after a ride of over 500 miles. Here the party separated, Dr. Farabee and four others returning by the post road to Reykjavik, while two members...
...largely to the fact that the men started the body movement and leg drive before the oars were well anchored. In the work yesterday the crew was more or less handicapped by the use of the new shell which is not yet properly rigged. The boat itself rode well in rough water and carried the crew well...
Governor Hutchinson, a Harvard man of the Puritan type, followed by a large retinue of dignitaries, rode into the Yard, passed through the ranks of soldiers and students drawn up on both sides of the road, and was welcomed by President Locke on the steps of Harvard Hall. Before him he saw the first Stoughton Hall, standing a little in advance of where University now stands, to the left were Hollis and Holden Chapel, to the right beyond Massachusetts, on the present site of Dane, stood the meeting-house, and beyond was Wadsworth. The governor was really welcomed...
Shortly after this occasion, on July 2, 1771, George Washington, who yet remains incomparably our greatest figure, rode up through Tory Row--now Brattle street--looking, said President Quincy, like a member of the General Court from the rural districts of Massachusetts. He was enthusiastically received by the whole College, and the students gave up all their rooms to the soldiers. On the next day, over on the Common, Washington formally took command of the troops. It was upon him that the College, in 1776, conferred its first degree of L.L.D...
...Brooks 140, A. Robeson, Jr. 145, B. P. Maseley 155, G. Forbes 148, H. Mintum 150, P. Oakes 123, E. S. Harrison 145, E. Bell, Jr. 147, C. H. Doolittle 145, R. E. Clapp 145, C. N. Holwill 142, M. Mc I. Hurlon 145, A. V. de Rode 145, H. C. Nickerson 155, F. D. Roosevelt 146, R. W. Bourne...