Word: dust
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Eighties and Nineties will meet to inspire The recreant present with old time fire. Here friends-old friends-will make their tryst And grasp once more dear comrade's fist. They'll laugh once more at the ancient jest; Retell the stories that stand Time's test. They'll dust off the score of forgotten games, Evoke old crews of the Charles and the Thames, Repeople the Delta, and Jarvis and Holmes With heroes of battles quite equal to Rome's. Revive U. 5 and calls on the Dean Compulsory prayers, and the Holly Tree Inn Quaint John of Orange...
...have followed the crews yesterday afternoon, but had hardly steamed away from her moorings when the high pressure cylinder valve again broke and necessitated her return. She will be repaired in time for rowing this afternoon. The trouble arises from the self-oiling action which becomes clogged with dust, but with a little use this will work without trouble...