Word: struck
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Earned runs, Harvard r. Struck out, Harvard 3: Live...
...have often been struck with the College motto, and Dr. Holmes has so nobly expressed my views on the subject, that I venture to call attention to his sonnets and the comments thereon, which, probably, many persons have not seen...
...greater interest in the question; but even this reason cannot excuse such a superfluity of ingenious fault-finding. Doubtless its defects have been more evident this year to the mass of students, because they have used it so much more; but anybody who knows other libraries must be struck with the great convenience of ours, and the ease with which books can be obtained. We call attention to this in the hope that everybody may be led to appreciate the successful efforts of the new Librarian and his assistants, - efforts of which every week seems to give fresh proofs...
...found the thing more trouble than I expected," he said, "but I finally struck upon something that I think will suit you. Here's the one about the Library...
...watching the University Crew the visitor is much struck with the easy, matter-of-fact way in which the old men do their work as contrasted with the stiffer, more labored, and less efficient efforts of the new men. To the old men rowing seems to be the most natural thing in the world. It is worth rowing a couple of years to acquire that graceful, powerful style and swing which seem to make the severest labor mere pastime. The new men are stout, vigorous fellows; but they bucket, catch behind the others, do not go back far enough, hurry...