In the very first place, cultivate a “loose-handed” way of hitting the ball— the arm should never be rigid and should snap the ball rather like a willow withe than strike it stiffly, as with a baseball bat.
Which ſort of Words the Grammarians call Epicœnes (ἐπίκοινος from κοινός common), becauſe they under one Gender, which they commonly take from the Termination, comprehend both Kinds; … [Marcus Terentius] Varro, after the example of Ennius and [Quinus] Fabius Pictor, has uſed ſome of theſe Epicœnes in both Genders, e.g. uſing the maſculin lupus (a wolf) as feminin.
On, on, in never-ending race, Behind the billows vainly chase; Both wave and wind with all their speed The barge doth thrice in flight outlead.
He had depleted himself, and yet his love grew daily, and reveled in the luxuriantness of having given all today and finding still that it had all to give again to-morrow.