Word: work
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Grammar, an enlarged and revised edition of which is to be issued shortly by Messrs. Macmillan & Co., says, "The same author's Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb has already made a name for itself in this country; but his Grammar is as yet unknown here. Such a work from a scholar of recognized eminence on the subject, will, no doubt, attract attention...
...forty-five degrees. As soon as the blade is far enough back, the head is thrown back, and the catch is immediate and strong. Instead of continuing the slide to a definite number of inches, the whole is used, thus giving the legs sufficient opportunity to do their work. When the men are ready to receive the word "go," the seat is well under the body, the back and arms inclined forward, and the head in position to throw back, the moment the word for the start is heard. The whole stroke is what is known among sailors...
...however faithfully he has done his work for recitations, likes to go into a three-hour examination without making some review of the subject; nor, we think, does any man wish to study during the extremely short winter-vacation which is allowed us. But the new arrangement, which makes the Semi-annuals begin on the 21st of January instead of on the 6th or 7th of February, forces us to do one of these two things. Either reviewing must be done before we go home, and left to lie fallow in the holidays, or we must attempt to go over...
...jolly fisher's work begun...
...summer school seems to have done good work. In Botany there were 35 students; in Chemistry, 29; and in Geology, 7. The books in all the libraries have increased from 232,000 to 248,000. Evening readings are assuming yearly a greater importance. Besides Scientific German, readings are to be given, and comments made, in French, German, Spanish, and Italian, without translating...