Word: strength
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...next event was a one-minute round between Dodge and Marquand. Both men had recovered their strength and went at each other as if they were determined to make the best of their short time. Marquand was slightly quicker, but Dodge was surer of his blows and battered his opponent's face steadily. He seemed to have a decided advantage for the first half minute, but Marquand rallied toward the end and got in several telling blows. When time was called, Marquand was exhausted, while Dodge still appeared equal to another round. The judges could not agree, and Dr. Appleton...
...rainbow round about the throne." He said that man always describes his feeling by symbols, and so it is with John; he had a vision which he embodied in a revelation. By symbols he tells what the vision means to him. He sees first in the Lord strength and round about that strength beauty. Man has not always seen God as John saw him. There was a time when some men saw but the sovereign quality in him, and they were either defiant or distrustful; others saw but the beauty and mercy, there was a cross...
...continually rising, as the library and office statistics show. The great populace at the University is apt to slur over moral laxity in a man provided he is affable and kindly, i.e., a 'good fellow.' Yet it is undeniable that the feeling of contempt, for vice and extravagance, gathers strength among all as the four years pass. The influence of the sporting men, of men of fashion, and of the heavy subscribers to athletic games (i. e., of the fast set), which is overwhelming in the freshman year, is almost entirely supersided by the influence of the Monthly editors...
Last evening a party of chess players from the Chest and Whist Club, at the invitation of the Boston Chess Club, visited their rooms in Pemterton square, and tried their strength in simultaneous games against Mr. Prentis Cummings, one of the strongest of Boston's players...
...match will take place next Saturday at the games of the M. I. T. Athletic Association. This is to be a separate event, entirely distinct from the open tug-of-war contests, and it should prove exceedingly interesting, as it will give the freshmen a chance to show their strength. The team will be composed of H. Allen, anchor; M. M. Smith, No. 3; M. I. Motte (captain), No. 2, and H. L. Grant...