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...fight hard for the third goal, but the fourth, fifth and sixth followed each other in rapid succession. Just as it was beginning to grow dusk a fine run by Twombley gave them the eighth and a moment after the game was closed. The Yale team are a well-knit set of men, good runners as a rule, and work well together through constant practice. They have the advantage of a practice ground near at hand. Columbia suffers in this respect. The men have to take a couple of hours' ride to reach the field, and it is hard work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE VS. COLUMBIA. | 11/20/1883 | See Source »

With her deft fingers knit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AS USUAL. | 10/15/1883 | See Source »

...utmost magnificence. Silk, satin, and cloth of gold dazzled the eye, and the blue of heaven - the color of the Faculty - shone on every side. First and nearest to the throne of Prince Presistrardin * was the tent of the famous and redoubtable knight, Sir Triangle de Rhombus. His well-knit though slender and youthful frame was encased in plane armor adorned with original propositions. His sword (the one with which Archimedes was killed) was a straight line with some breadth and a handle added. His helmet was skilfully made of two pi's and a square R. The method...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACT FROM "THE NEW IVANHOE." | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...never saw such a change as came over her face. First she seemed too much surprised to speak; then she knit her forehead and clinched her little hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LA FEMME SAVANTE. | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

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