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Word: swiftly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...punting thus far has not been very good. Now there are two kinds of perfectly successful punts-the very long, high punt that sails so as to be easily misjudged and muffed, and the low, swift punt just over the "rusher's" heads, and placed between the backs, striking the ground so soon as to make it impossible to get a free catch. The last is the best, by far ; it changes the whole game. No one but Moffat of last year's Princeton team has used it much, but we hope our backs will try to learn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Eleven. | 10/21/1884 | See Source »

...seeking to maintain its income, our school will compete in friendly emulation with the older institutes at Athens of France and Germany, not only to raise the standard of American scholarship, but to promote the world's understanding of the problems of that ancient life which soared with the swift and unerring flight of the eagle from the infancy of barbarism to the highest intellectual plane which has been attained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The American Classical School at Athens. | 10/1/1884 | See Source »

...summary of the work done by the Harvard Total Abstinence League during the present college year. In this time three public meetings were held at which addresses were delivered by Prof. Wm. James, Ex-Governor John P. St. John, Hon. John B. Finch, Col. Geo. W. Bain, and General Swift. The total number of members on the roll is 148. Number now in college, 105. Forty-nine men have been added, and four have been removed through resignations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TOTAL ABSTINENCE LEAGUE. | 6/10/1884 | See Source »

...fitness for life in what they regard as the more civilized portion of the country. There are some who are roused by the ambition of a Marlborough-to amass a great fortune. Others are sure they are born to stir the world. Others, still, have the spirit of a Swift, who only labored to distinguish himself that he might be used "like a lord," and that the "reputation of great learning might do the work of a blue ribbon and a coach-and-six." Numbers, too, like Charles Lamb, are carried away with the idea that a life of leisure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT COLLEGE GRADUATES FIND OUT AFTER GRADUATION. | 6/3/1884 | See Source »

...made a base hit, filling the bases. Phillips hit a ground ball to Terry, who threw prettily to Souther, cutting off Nichols at home plate. With the bases full, LeMoyne made a pretty base hit, bringing in Coolidge and Baker and sending Phillips to third. Tilden hit an extremely swift grounder to Oliver which was too hot for him to handle with ease, and Phillips came home, tying the score. Oliver picked up the ball and threw to first, but was too late to catch Tilden. LeMoyne, in the mean time, had reached third and started for home, but turned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE BALL. | 5/19/1884 | See Source »

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