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Word: roughness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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Prior to this the old style of apparatus was used, made by the college carpenter and arranged any way. The hanging ropes were of tarred hemp and the man who attempted to strike the rough canvas-covered striking bag was usually content with one blow. The pulley weights were swinging iron balls, unguided by rods, which swung and banged, raising clouds of dust. After a man had grasped the cold iron handles he usually found it better to hold on than to let go. After the first few day's work the weak men were eliminated by "unnatural selection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHYSICAL EDUCATION. | 3/13/1896 | See Source »

...Garden of Cyrus." He commented upon the Latin origin of much of Sir Thomas's writings, upon its quaintness, its dignity, and-when it is at its best-the solemn music of its cadences. The distinguishing qualities of seventeenth century prose were brought out, or rather suggested, by a rough comparison of Browne with Bacon, Ralegh, Hooker, Isask Walton, and Jeremy Taylor, who is Browne's only equal in his most splendid passages of ornate prose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Copeland's Lecture. | 2/7/1896 | See Source »

LOST on Tuesday, a dark blue rough cloth ulster. A liberal reward for return to 5 Warland Block...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 1/18/1896 | See Source »

...LAPPIN, 97 Mt. Auburn St.LOST on Tuesday, a dark blue rough cluth ulster. A liberal reward for return to 5 Warland Block...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 1/17/1896 | See Source »

...result of the "University Club" canvass gives a basis for only a very rough estimate of the demand felt by the resident members of the University for the proposed club. Those who have had the canvass in charge have realized the inaccuracy of the "blue-book" method of getting opinions, as there are always sure to be a certain number of men who sign their names thought lessly, to say nothing of the few who mutilate the books by writing fictitious names. Two things, however, have been made clear in conducting the present canvass: First, that no men were urged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/21/1895 | See Source »

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