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Word: swift (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...defeat by Harvard was the only one which the Dartmouth eleven sustained this fall. A. C. Gildersleeve has been elected captain of the Columbia foot ball team for next year. The authors to be read in English A, the last half year, are Addison, De Foe, Dryden, Pope and Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/11/1889 | See Source »

...lofts about sixteen feet in height. Bookcases, from seven to eight feet high, cover the floors in every direction, saving only the necessary space for passages to reach them. Above the tops of the cases the walls are pierced with ample windows, lighting very fully all the cases. Light swift-running lifts will connect the delivery department with each floor, where assistants will attend to calls. It is characteristic of the building that its scheme and usefulness are nowhere sacrificed for external effect but that the most desirable arrangement has always been adopted with dignilied and appropriate architectural treatment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New College Libraries. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

...played nearer the net at times and blocked Tallant's swift place well, but he lost many points by lobbing to Tallant on return of service. Trllant won the fourth set easily, Lee gaining more than thirty but once, and that a deuce game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finals in Tennis. | 10/19/1889 | See Source »

...Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 12; Pennsylvania, 1. | 6/12/1889 | See Source »

Earned runs, Harvard 4; two base hits, Dean, Henshaw, Downer; first base on balls, Kirk 2, Graves 9, Downer 5; first base on errors, Harvard 2, Pennsylvania 0; struck out, Downer 2, Graves 4; stolen bases, Linn; passed balls, Swift 2; Wild pitches; Downer 1 Kirk 1; left on bases, Harvard 12; Pennsylvania 7; time 2 hours, 15 minutes; umpire, Mr. Quinn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 12; Pennsylvania, 1. | 6/12/1889 | See Source »

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