Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fair to say that the visiting team were handicapped by lack of practice at clay birds, as it is their custom to shoot live pidgeons. They have also been practicing at open traps, and were considerably bothered by the screen used on the Harvard grounds...
...starter will say, "Gentlemen, are you ready," and getting no reply, and seeing no coxswain hold up his hand as a signal that the crew is not ready, the starter will fire a shot-gun, after an interval of from two to five seconds, as a signal...
...Coulson, on the negative, criticised severely the ground taken by the preceding speaker. Mr. Gladstone, said he, has denounced this Coercion Bill as the most causeless and insulting bill ever introduced into Parliament. Instead of being the home of criminals, as so many say it is, Ireland is a country exceptionally free from crime, and statistics prove it. Under coercion, in 1881, the number of crimes committed in Ireland was more than four times greater than those committed in 1886 when there was no coercion. Relatively to the population, England and Scotland are far more criminal countries than Ireland...
...course hard to say anything about the result of next Friday's race, but in all probability '89 will beat the freshman with a chance of doing better...
...athletic bodies as well as vigorous brains, and Boston has money enough to back her favorite boys and give them every assistance needed. Let Captain Keyes go ahead and begin to train his crew at once, let him pick his men for coolness and endurance, and then let him say what he wants in order to make a winning crew, and the people will see to it that every aid shall be furnished...