Word: went
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When Miss Blair and her mother went up to Edinburgh, Boswell accompanied her, and we have an account of his love making there. "Next evening I was at the play with them: it was 'Othello.' I sat close behind her and at the most affecting scenes I pressed my had upon her waist: she was in tears and rather leaned to me. The jealous Moor described my very soul." The idea of Boswell torn by an Othello-like passion is certainly a striking one. The next day he popped the question, "after sqeezing and kissing her fine hand, while...
...plan submitted by the Conference Committee has not yet been discussed by the faculty. The reason for the delay, as we learn from a member of the committee, is simply that a favorable opportunity for presenting the plan has not yet offered itself. Before President Eliot went away from Cambridge, the faculty was busy with other matters; after the President's departure, consideration of the plan had necessarily to be postponed. We think this explanation of the delay is a satisfactory one. It is to the interest of all parties to have the plan most carefully considered by the faculty...
...Coolidge, '86. Coolidge led off with his left, but his blow was returned by Blossom for the body. Blossom rushed his man and soon got in a right-hander which sent his opponent to the floor. When time was called again, Coolidge was rather groggy. Blossom, however, went at him as fiercely as before, and by hammering him with his right, succeeded in knocking him out, thus winning the bout...
...planting his left on Clement's body, and the latter returned by landing several blows on Paine's head and driving him on to the settees. Paine then rallied and put in some stinging blows on Clement's head and body. In the second round Paine went in for business, and his superior weight began to tell. He did effective work with his left, but many of his blows were dodged and countered by Clement. The third round made it plain that although Clement was more scientific, he was too light to stand up before his adversary. Paine planted some...
LIGHT WEIGHT SPARRING.Duker, M. I. T.; Paine, H. A. A.; Wright, H. A. A.; Taggard, B. Y. M. C. U. In the first two bouts Taggard and Duker defeated Paine and Wright respectively. In the third bout between Taggard and Duker, Taggard went for his opponent savagely, and knocked him out in one round, thus winning the medal...