Word: space
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...origin of football seems to be the old "rushes" between the Sophomores and Freshmen. The Delta (the name given to the space now occupied by Memorial Hall) was the scene of those terrible contests which so characterized the opening life of the Freshmen. The game - for game they called it, though it was no more than a fight - began at half-past six and was often prolonged far into the night. Few of us now at College can conceive of the enthusiasm which attended a rush. The fence enclosing the Delta was packed with Juniors and Seniors, while the road...
...suddenly been vouchsafed me. Her face was white and shocked as my own; and, indeed, how should it be otherwise, seeing that I was so profoundly, mysteriously affected? For a moment it seemed as if the whole world was whirling away from me, and I was standing alone in space; I thought - if my startled brain did not in that first moment of incredulous and tragic bewilderment refuse to think at all - that I was certainly, must surely be, absolutely mad. A sickening sense of horror engulfed me, as I stood, looking dumbly at this man, - her brother. Oh! could...
...inch of cuff, will solve all problems of the differential calculus; and, finally, I invented a mathematical motor. Without telling the secret of this (which of course I intend to keep to myself) I can tell that, impelled by this motor, one can sail through boundless realms of space with the speed of thought...
...just putting the finishing touch on my machine one evening, when suddenly it started of itself, and, catching me in its arms, threw me off into space. I knew nothing more until I found myself lying in a desolate plain before a high city-wall. A man was bending over me, whispering to himself something that sounded like "Sad! so young!" when I rose to my feet, and convinced him that nothing was the matter with...
...pliantly wound several times around said shaft. But there seemed to be no idea of permanence about that position, for the next instant, by some incalculable force, - the natural law of elasticity, I suppose, - I was unwound from that post like a flash, and shot, meteor-like, off into space. There I came in contact with several spokes, and a piece of the backbone, and in company we continued our perilous precipitation, with great accuracy of aim, to a remote corner of the hall. I wearily opened my eyes, expecting to see the Derby and dimples bending tenderly over...