Word: talling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hall of the president's house at Williams College is a tall-backed chair with a history. It was first the property of Oxford University, from which institution it was sent to the old King's College, now Columbia College, New York, to be used as the president's official chair. Falling into disuse at Columbia, it was sent to Dr. Hopkins with a request that it be used for the same purpose...
...them are built with alternate courses of red and white stone and have domes which contain the tombs. There are no seats in them and the worshipper is obliged to take off his shoes upon entering. The minaret is invariably a feature of a mosque, and is a tall tower from whose gallery the priest summons to prayer. The chief mode of conveyance is the donkey, and the city is full of these strong little beasts, posted at every corner in charge of boys. The population of the city is about 400,000, and the native part is made...
...These are, however, faults which constant practice will remedy. Lindsey, '89, is an entirely new man, having done no athletic work at all since entering college. He played first base on his school team in Troy, New York, and was considered a good man. He is tall and limber and has long arms, three valuable requisites for a baseman, but is slow and will have to improve in this particular in order to make a successful player. Calhoun, '90, occupied the position of short-stop on the freshman nine last year and played it well. He is light and quick...
Just before the game was called on Thursday, some one hoisted a large crimson flag which bore a white "H" on the tall staff at the middle of the northern side of the grounds...
...middle distance is the cupola of Hemenway Gymnasinm, and further on a slender spire or two more. The whole thing is dreamy and soft and full of summer. "Elmwood" shows one side of Lowell's home with a view of the broad veranda, and in one corner a tall graceful aisle of pines "Pines of Elmwood." The etching of Longfellow's house is less original, merely giving the front view we know so well. Lastly there are "Morning in the River" and "Evening in the River," the former a sweep of the stream below the Casino, looking out towards...