Word: sweep
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...snowy breast, while through the forests sweep...
Which reaches, like the landscape's varied sweep...
...Yale!" Now the blue was everywhere proudly displayed, and the incidents of the race were gone over again and again. Gradually the excitement subsided, and as the moments went by it was evident that another dreary time of waiting was inevitable. To relieve the monotony, small bets and dollar sweep-stakes were made, and among the large family-parties luncheons were eaten before hungry collegians, whose only solace was pea-nuts or doubtful lemonade. On the eastern shore, "The Death of the Rat," a tragedy in several acts, was performed before a select audience...