Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dwelt was the necessity that as he went forth to take his position of leadership in the world, the liberally educated man should himself be able to command and control himself. This could be done only through a long period of preparation. The temptations and trials which so suddenly sweep down upon men in life are to be met, not by an equally sudden impulse of the will for safety, but only by the discipline and training to perfect obedience of that will. The opportunity for such discipline, the preacher continued, had been enjoyed by those young lives before...
...Should come back with a strong sweep, and should show more life. Must swing more from his hips. Is apt to hang both at the finish and full reach. Fails to use his stretcher well...
Eighty-seven is now rowing as nearly as possible the same stroke that the university does, with an easy catch followed by a long, steady sweep of the oar into the body with ever increasing force, so that the hardest pressure on the oar is applied to the very end of the stroke, instead of at the beginning of the stroke as was the case two years...
...gentle lady who pretends to make our beds, and who is supposed to sweep snd dust our rooms, has ever here at Harvard been honored by the sobriaquet of "goodey," a contraction of good wife, some say. At some colleges she is called a "sweep," at Cambridge, Eng., a "bed-maker," at Oxford, a "gyp," and at Bowdoin we believe, she goes by the name of "end-woman," because the entries are in the ends of the buildings...
Military punishment is divided into three classes; confinement to room, extra guard duty, and light prison. The first is inflicted when some unfortunate has failed to sweep his quarters properly, or has wasted his butter at dinner. The crime of smoking is visited with twelve hours of extra duty, while card-playing, or any such heinous offense, consigns the delinquent to prison for a month or two. The Barracks are inspected daily, and an inquisition officer can cause us much trouble. The clothes-bag, for instance, is probably doing duty as pantry and wine-cellar, and may contain a pipe...