Word: polished
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Fast Day our Nine made its first appearance on the field down at Lynn, where they played the Live Oaks. There was quite a large crowd gathered to see the "Oaks" polish off the Harvards; but, for Lynn, it was a very quiet and amiable assemblage. The game was one-sided and rather stupid, it being perfectly evident from the very first inning what the result would be. In the last half of the ninth inning the batting of our Nine was very good. The result of the game formed an auspicious opening of the season, being...
...that they need coaching, and a good deal of it. Their new boat is of better model than the last, as the floor runs farther towards the ends; but the men in the boat seem to improve but slowly. The crew is composed of good material, but needs more polish. The stroke waits a little at the beginning of the recover, - a very bad fault, - and there are many other failings among the crew. The swing together is not so perfect as it might be. No. 3 does not pull his stroke through, and wants to get more back into...
During the trial spins Holyoke excited some general approval, for they seemed to swing very well together. Their recover was, however, too much of that "elastic leap" which used to be so common, and which always looks so very "racy." Weld and Holyoke both had better individual polish than the Holworthy crew, but they lacked that certain and firm catch together, which is only the result of long pulls by the same crew, behind the same steady stroke...
...would not suggest a course of professional reading, but the perusal of works which give polish and culture. To many the question must naturally arise, "What shall I read?" In answer, we can do no better than quote the words of an old writer on the same subject: "In brief, sir, study what you most affect." The remark is full of truth, and it seems only natural that whatever most interests us we shall study and read to the greatest effect...
...great statesmen who distinguished themselves by ordering executions-that is, by executing orders-with promptness and despatch. And our fair Boston maidens value a man for what he is worth, I mean not his income, but in-themes, and the calculus, and all that kind of thing,-not French polish,-in short, graduates should marry,-receive their marriage certificate and matriculation papers at the same time (I hope to get them next week, shall be admitted as a student in full standing about a week after graduating),-in fact, the thing for me is a quiet life,-'love...