Word: sustain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...death of Francis James Child the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has suffered as heavy a loss as it is possible for such a body to sustain. His term of service, extending over fifty years, was far longer than that of any surviving member of the board, and was marked by the most punctual performance of the duties incident to his position...
...critically. He does not share the opinion of some of the rowing men who watched the crew at work this morning and who declared that the shell is too light for the crew. he says that the boat was built especially for lightness and believes that it will fully sustain the work of the crew under all circumstances...
Barry's music is decidedly good. Farina's entrance song, the tricycle song and the trio are perhaps the best numbers in the opera, and show decided originality. But in his effort to sustain the Spanish atmosphere in the music throughout the play, the composer has scarcely escaped a certain amount of monotony and lack of definite melody. The solo numbers are all effective, but the choruses show the same fault as last year, in that they are for the most part of rather low range to be effectively sung...
...Club and the McGill Club, gave concerts at that institution on last Friday night and Saturday afternoon, returning to Princeton on Sunday. The trip was a very successful one in every sense. The club received every courtesy from its hosts and acquitted itself in such a manner as to sustain the good reputation which it has enjoyed in past years...
...with no ambitio us aspirations, nor with the idea that I am fitted, by nature or experience, to be of any important service to the government; but in obedience to the call of duty demanding of every citizen to contribute what he can in means, labor or life, to sustain the government of the country,- a sacrifice made the more willingly by me when I consider how singularly benefitted I have been by the constitutions of the land, and that up to this time all the blessings of life have been showered upon me beyond what usually falls...