Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...splendid pair of black, heavy shoes, leather lined, made for hard winter wear and skating. The best for the money ever seen. Come in and look at this line before you purchase a pair of shoes...
...tragedy drawn from Holy Writ. Inspired by his biblical material Racine wrote "Athalie" his masterpiece, but owing to the intervention of the spiritual advision of the school, the first performances of the play were stripped of their beauty and left cold without the charm of costumes or the splendid music that should always accompany...
Harvard's set speeches were much superior to Yale's, but Yale's delivery was better than Harvard's for the first time. Yale won by her splendid rebuttals, where her points were clearly brought out in criticism of Harvard's set speeches...
...intercourse has Harvard felt more kindly disposed toward her old rivals than at this time of reconciliation. Her attitude toward her own team is something which it is unreasonable for any outsider to question, but that it implies any criticism of her opponents, or disparages in any way the splendid record of the Yale team, is far from the truth. Harvard has not in the past been slow to admire manly qualities in any adversary, and it is a mistake to think that she grudges the tribute...
With one or two exceptions the men are all in splendid physical condition. Bull has a limp and Sawin received a slight injury to his knee in recent practice. Neither of these cases is serious, however, and it is improbable that either of these men will be prevented from playing on Saturday, should their services be required...