Word: waists
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...games were to be played it would be better to crush foot-ball in its infancy. He asked the Americans to adopt the Rugby rules, but the Americans, speaking from practical experience, disagreed with him. Mr. Moeran admitted that the American rule of not tackling a man below the waist was an excellent one, but he did not like to see the ball kicked backward. The Americans thought the latter move was a good part of the game. Mr. Manning spoke of a proposed rule that had found favor to oblige the half-backs who received the ball to stand...
...sentiment. She listened with ever-increasing alarm, until she found a chance to implore, "No more! oh, no more!" But Ching was fairly beside himself; his love told, he prayed her to assure him of its return. He had held her hand; he threw his arm round her waist, drew her to his breast, and bent his lips to hers...
Around his waist a golden cord...
...away in the desolate wilds of South America, where roams the disconsolate tapir, and the melancholy hyenas come trooping home at eventide; where the kangaroo leaps in demoniac exultation, and the boa-constrictor, after coiling himself tenderly but firmly around the waist of the intruder, gazes with embarrassing familiarity into his eyes, - in this forsaken region, far from civilization, with its weary load of unrest, its perpetual strivings after the unattainable, and its ceaseless Knock at the fast-closed gate of the empyrean, and all that --. But what am I saying, or where am I? Of course - I forgot...
...corner was seen rapidly taking notes. One more move, and yet another collision. Ted was desperate. The cold perspiration stood on his brow, and rising with dignity, he said: "Madam, permit me" .... but, alas! losing his balance he clutched wildly at the air, and seized her waist...