Word: robustness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...believe that cheering at a game-robust and enthusiastic-is the proper thing. It makes the most conspicuous difference between college and professional games; it shows that there is loyalty to an institution as well as interest in a sport. And there is no reason why cheering for the home team should not be so conducted as to be entirely consistent with all courtesy to visiting teams. Applause is fitted for good plays, and should be given, no matter by whom the good play is made; but cheering is by its nature adapted for the support of only one team...
...observed that power of style, in the sense in which I am here speaking of style. is something quite different from the power of the idiomatic, simple, nervous, racy expression, such as the expression of healthy robust natures so often is, such as Luther's was it a striking degree. Style, in my sense of the word, is a peculiar
WHAT JANUARY MEANS.- This is a month of cold weather to old people, of sleighing to the robust, of coasting and skating to the children, and of unprecedented bargains to the wise purchaser. As an illustration of the low prices now prevailing in some lines in this city, the description of a large, 300 volume bookcase for only $10 given by Paine's Furniture Company on another page is interesting...
WHAT JANUARY MEANS.- This is a month of cold weather to old people, of sleighing to the robust, of coasting and skating to the children, and of unprecedented bargains to the wise purchaser. As an illustration of the low prices now prevailing in some lines in this city, the description of a large, 300 volume bookcase for only $10 given by Paine's Furniture Company on another page is interesting...
WHAT JANUARY MEANS.- This is a month of cold weather to old people, of sleighing to the robust, of coasting and skating to the children, and of unprecedented bargains to the wise purchaser. As an illustration of the low prices now prevailing in some lines in this city, the description of a large, 300 volume bookcase for only $10 given by Paine's Furniture Company on another page is interesting...