Word: stood
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...might have seen before the altar in the parish church of Stratford, one morning in 1605, when her father, a substantial burgher of the town, gave her away to young Robert Harvard, of Southwark. Who knows but that the poet, just then at work upon his Lear, may have stood in the crowd of friends about that altar and have heard the sweet voice of Katharine Rogers repeat her vows; who knows but, on his return to his desk, Shakespeare bore with him a reminiscence of that sweet voice, and of that young bride, destined to become in more senses...
...sudden, as by a single flash, the old castle burst into a glare of crimson fire. Green light appeared below it; but all else was utter gloom. It was a wonderful sight. Every nook and cranny of the great building was flooded with the fiery glow, as it stood out in unrelieved intensity from the black mountain side. Thus it must have looked when Tilly paused on the Terrace to look back at the glorious bon-fire he had kindled. The majestic ruin, majestic even in its downfall, bore in its glowing sides the marks of its history. Turenne...
About a hundred spectators, chilled by the rain, and numbed by the cold wind which blew across Jarvis Field, stood for thirty-five minutes Saturday afternoon to see Harvard beat Dartmouth. The game was delayed till four in the hope that the weather would clear. There was a little cessation of the rain at that time, and the teams appeared. Dartmouth took the west goal and kick off. Play had lasted just one minute when rushes by Sears, Woodman and Porter brought the ball over the line. Woodman kicked the goal. The ball was again put in play, and good...
...game. Ames, the left half-back of the Tufts team runs low, and it is astonishing how the high tackling of our men showed itself when they attempted to stop him. During this ten minutes Ames went under half a dozen Harvard men; that is, if he had stood up straight, those half dozen would have caught him just below his shoulders, and not one would have got under his thrust...
...Hill. Play was begun at 3.45. Tufts presented a light team, and Harvard forced the ball down to the goal posts and kept it there during almost the entire game. Touch-down followed touch-down in rapid succession, and at the end of the first half hour the score stood Harvard, 40; Tufts, 0. Harvard made 5 goals, 2 touch-downs, and Tufts one safety touchdown. In the second half Harvard made two touch-downs, from which goals were kicked, in the first five minutes. At the end of the second half Harvard had made 4 goals, 4 touch downs...