Word: sped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...trumpet, and the tintinnabulous sound of bells, the archangel, clad in white robes of dazzling brilliancy. From Thayer and Matthews and Hollis and Weld and Stoughton and Holworthy and Grays, rushed the frightened students. They stopped not to admire the classic features of the gleaming angel, but on they sped...
...president of '86. and the whole class, we believe, though 60 is a large number. How we did enjoy it; but how much more we should have enjoyed it if we could have had occasional intermissions of five minutes in which to rest our tired tongue. The time sped rapidly, and we soon saw darkness creep around us. We took tea at Stone Hall, in a room with twenty girls governed by matrons. They have a pleasant little custom at Wellesley meals. All are obliged to stand until every one has arrived, when there is a sudden and systematic pulling...
...down before he said the word heave. When the drop came, '85 had the advantage by an inch or two. This they kept for some time, but at the end of three minutes the ribbon was in the centre. There it remained till four and a half minutes had sped away, amidst the most intense excitement. Then '85, by straightening out and laying on the rope, held a slight advantage when the time was up. The juniors at once rushed into the open space, and amid repeated cheers bore their team out of the hall. This closed a most successful...
...Sped over lands and seas, and overhung...
Then a great qualm came over him, and girding up his loins, he sped through an open green...