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Updated: June 23, 2025
They seldom go into the scrummage, but must have more coolness than the chargers. As endless as are boys' characters, so are their ways of facing or not facing a scrummage at football. Three-quarters of an hour are gone; first winds are failing, and weight and numbers beginning to tell. Yard by yard the School-house have been driven back, contesting every inch of ground.
When two boys are contesting, one may pick up a pebble and ask, "Which hand is it?" If the guess is right, the boy making it is "It." "Drawing straws" is another method of choosing sides, and it is often used as a game in itself. From a handful of grass, one of the boys selects as many pieces as there are to be players.
A dispatch from Brooklyn states that at the conclusion of a performance at the theatre, Fanny Davenport's wardrobe was attached by Anna Dickinson and the remark is made that Fanny will contest the matter. Well, we should think she would. What girl would sit down silently and allow another to attach her wardrobe without contesting?
"See them come!" cried an excited old farmer. "Say, it beats the electric cars down at Poseyville!" The field was in a wild flutter. The contesting aircraft came nearer and nearer. Finally Hiram could make out the Aegis fully a mile in the lead, the wings set for a drop straight beyond the south pylon. "He's won Mr. King has won!" he shouted again and again, fairly dancing up and down.
His four grounds are, that the silenced opinion may be true; it may contain a portion of truth, essential to supplement the prevailing opinion; vigorous contesting of opinions that are even wholly true, is the only way of preventing them from sinking to the level of uncomprehended prejudices; without such contesting, the doctrine will lose its vital effect on character and conduct.
In the meantime the Dutch guards, now reinforced, were advancing slowly, the Irish infantry holding fast to the hedges and brushwood, and contesting every inch of the ground, while, wherever the ground permitted it, the Irish horse burst down upon them, evincing a gallantry and determination which would have done honour to the finest cavalry in Europe.
Citizen Khouzhik and Citizen Eschkhaffar they were all calling each other Citizen, now were contesting overlapping jurisdictions. Khouzhik wanted to change the name of his Management he no longer bothered mentioning Sesar Martwynn to Labor and Industry.
The Indians were fighting desperately to keep us from reaching their village, whose population, having been informed by courier of what was going on, was packing up and getting away. During the afternoon we had all we could do to hold our own with the mounted warriors. They stayed stubbornly in our front, contesting every inch of ground.
The difficulty which had been experienced in expelling the British from Boston, had demonstrated the importance of preventing their establishment in New York; and had contributed to the determination of contesting with them, very seriously, the possession of that important place. The execution of this determination, however, was difficult and dangerous.
It was evident that he saw no inconsistency between the epigram and his professed method of contesting an election. Drake replied shortly, and the ladies retired. Mallinson moved round the table, and seated himself in the chair which Clarice had left. 'Do you think of speaking at all during this session? he asked.
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