Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...year 1780 by Mr. Charles Angier, - may fairies waltz over his uncle's grave! As Mr. John Holmes so delightfully relates, "he conceived the grand idea of a perpetual entertainment and a standing invitation, and his table was ever supplied with brandy, wine, and crackers. The scheme is second only to the Everlasting Club of the Spectator. We take upon us, in the absence of historical evidence, to vouch for the constancy of Mr. Angier's friends. No better goal of pilgrimage for a graduate of convivial turn can be imagined. The shrine is gone; but the flavor...
...means of escape is provided; the extinguishers in the proctor's rooms have been proved useless; the engines require eighty pounds of steam to enable them to throw a stream on to the roof of such a building, and to acquire this force it takes several minutes when every second is precious...
PROFESSOR PAINE'S Symphony was given for the first time on Wednesday evening, by the Thomas orchestra; and was heard, seemingly with great pleasure, by a large and appreciative audience. That the Symphony should bear the test of being played in the same concert with the second of Beethoven, is sufficient evidence of its intrinsic merit; the first and third movements being particularly beautiful. The adagio was received with unmistakable enthusiasm; and at the end the audience insisted on calling Mr. Paine before the house. Although written in strict conformity with the dogmas of the classical school, traces of Wagner...
Behold us at sea. The second day out the great American Humbug broke her screw, and also sprang a leak, because one of the side plates had not been properly fastened...
...hold for a year at least; and the club proposes to give in addition a badge which will become the property of the winner of the match. In the various other contests there will be two prizes offered, - a first prize of the value of five dollars, and a second one of two dollars. Since the practice range was secured the shooting has shown marked improvement. In the last match a score of 40 out of a possible 50 was made at two hundred yards, and in practice 42 out of 50 and 23 out of 25 have been scored...