Word: blowing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...dramatist closes and he now turns to satire. In satire his genius lay, and in his productions of this kind we have fit members of the great body of English literature. His language was direct, emphatic, incisive, - there was an impetuous flow about his verses, every line struck a blow, every epithet had its significance, every simile its effect. Dryden's satire was both glorious and terrible...
...Carter was standing close to the plate, on the line towards third, and Hallowell reached him just as the ball did. Exactly what happened then, no one can tell, but the result was a very sad accident to Carter. Somehow he was struck full in the face, and the blow must have been terrific for it broke the cartilage in his nose, and sent him flying over backwards. In his fall he must have struck on the back of his head, for he lost all control of his reason, and had not regained it when he was carried from...
...what Battelle did, so much as what he was to his friends and even mere acquaintances that makes his death such a blow to the college - his memory so tender. Battelle's nature was essentially lovable. Unusually kind and sympathetic, invariably courteous and considerate of others, generous in thought and action, keenly sensitive, and serene even in the midst of the suffering which has been his lot for several years, - he was a thorough gentleman. And the memory of Harold Battelle will linger among his classmates until the class itself shall be no longer a memory...
...death of a member of the University always appeals with peculiar sadness to the rest of the college, and when a man is one who has become prominent in the life of the college, and has done a distinct service for his Harvard, the blow comes home all the harder. But it is not so much the college distinction which Harold Battelle has gained that makes his death such a matter of personal sorrow to the members of the college, as it is his own lovable nature which made his friends so fond of him. Everyone who knew Battelle...
...scene opens at King Arthur's court at Christmas. During the festivities a huge knight clad in green enters and challenges anyone to exchange blows with him. Gawain accepts and testing the knight's axe, cut off his head at a blow. The Green Knight, however, unhurt picks up his head and rides off. Gawain is to go to a place called Green Chapel and receive his return blow in a year. After All-Hallow Feast, Gawain sets out for the Green Chapel. At Christmas time he comes to a castie, whose owner, a huge knight, tells him that...