Word: rose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their credit. Then our men sat still and let the Lafayette men try to take the rope back. Easton, however, sat it out calmly, and could not be moved. At the end of four minutes, the word was give, Harvard heaved, Easton came down, and the Lafayette anchor rose to an angle of 45 degrees. Had the rope been less stiff and more manageable, he would have been pulled off the cleats; but before another heave was taken by Easton, Lafayette had let out over a foot of rope and their anchor settled back on his cleat. Time was called...
...able to spell ten words of a language long since in its grave. The words were so difficult to master and pronounce, that comparatively few obtained the privileges of citizenship. Other cities, notably Cornellsium, were rapidly augmenting their population by increased acquisition of new citizens, who not only rose to distinction in advancing the infant sciences, but aided materially in defending the city in times of danger...
...careful enunciation and emphasis which lends it its peculiar charm. In the subject matter of his lecture there was much that was of necessity somewhat trite, but the sombre current of the subject was lightened by many gleams of anecdote and wit. At many passages in which the lecturer rose to the height of true eloquence, the audience showed its appreciation by applause, while the frequent pleasantries brought in to illustrate some maxim of the actor's art were met with responsive laughter. The lecture as a whole was worthy of the distinguished artist by whom it was delivered...
...Dougherty closed by saying that the great days of oratory are over. Oratory fell when the printing press rose. The press appeals to thousands, the orator to a few hundreds only. At present the orator's speech is delivered for subsequent publication, not for its immediate effect upon the hearers...
...pleasant and memorable features also. Who can ever forget the visitors' gallery? Who wants to forget it? Some have almost irreverently called it the "upper world," from which angels at times appear and look down upon the wicked and busy mortals below. Once, we are told, a sweet scented rose fell from this ethereal region. This sacred region is the object of no little worship. I remember once watching the men as they filed into the hall, and I can safely say that I saw nine out of every ten who entered, look up to the gallery, often even before...