Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Should row with rather more life. Must be careful to keep his shoulders down and back, especially at the full reach. Must sit up to it better at the finish...
...Fails to sit up to it well, both at the full reach and at the finish. Must keep his eyes fixed on the back of No. 6, instead of watching the coach. Should get his shoulders down, and try on the whole to row more easily and naturally...
...substitute. Must sit up to it better. Comes forward to the full reach without controlling his body sufficiently. Should keep his shbulders well down and back...
...speakers in society, were discussed in the compass of forty minutes. At the last topic the talkers usually stop and for the ten minutes that remain of the hour, their neighbors enjoy a long wished quiet. Meanwhile how do the lecturer's word reach the unfortunate men who sit near those I have described. Something in this fashion: - "Let me give you an example of metornymy, he is certain to get on the crew. Care should be taken in the use of personification, and - in stringing your banjo. I think you will easily see that the writers purpose has been...
...here I sit upon the gallows...