Word: brassing
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...very cruel nature, the principal idea being not to kill a man, for that was prohibited by law, but to come as near to that as possible. They usually wore what, in the present parlance of the prize ring, would be termed "bard" gloves, often with the addition of brass knuckles. The wrestling was correspondingly rough, and, in regard to the running, we have often heard of the men who dropped dead at the end of their race. The Greeks used to run at an alarming speed. As far as we can tell from the records, they made their longest...
Lafayette sophomores have a brass band of fifteen pieces...
...evident originality in the way that the sea nymphs, cherubs, thistles and insects are grouped around the edge of a page. One, "a chained monastic," is bound with oaken covers and a pig-skin back. The finest manuscript is one in Dutch, bound in velvet, with back covered with brass of arabesque pattern, having jewels inlaid and some bone figures carved in alto relievo...
...verbal pyrotechnics. Think, for instance, of a "top gallery, separated from the world below by a light cloud of blue muslin, from whence floated the music of Wheeler and Wilson's" - sewing machine, we read it first, but it turned out to be a band, - presumably a full brass band. The "elite" and "chaperones," we are told, were all present, and, almost in the same breath, are mentioned the hackmen, florists, and opera-house and hotel managers. These stood outside the gate and "rubbed their hands with glee as the lucre rolled in." What depth of expression and of insight...
...first number was Flotow's overture to "Stradella," which was successfully performed, with the exception of a noticeable weakness in the brass in the first part. Prof. Paine's "Commencement Hymn" was well rendered by the Glee Club. Mr. Dunham very successfully performed a piano solo by Liszt, receiving a hearty encore. Gade's "Winter Song," by the Glee Club quartette, was received with an encore. Mr. McCagg's solo, Schubert's "Impatience," was excellently given, and proved one of the finest features of the programme. The following-named college songs were then given by the Glee Club...