Word: remarkably
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Soon an acquaintance of mine entered, and to my surprise walked up to the individual whom the Englishman and myself had been discussing, and addressed some remark...
...real, honest enthusiasm in any department of study is becoming more and more prized from its rarity. The present apathy that has supplanted the enthusiasm we may suppose once to have existed among the students of Philosophy is such that it has become a subject of common remark among undergraduates; and disregard for the philosophical opinions held by those who take electives in the present courses In Philosophy; is fast becoming disrespect for the courses themselves...
...neighbor. He was a very well informed and agreeable person; and, being thoroughly familiar with Portugal, he gave me in the course of half an hour an excellent idea of the attractions of Lisbon and its neighborhood. At the end of that time I happened to incidentally remark that I was an American...
...least we suppose so from the fact that it was brought on swimming in that liquid, and that it was impossible to taste anything else. That the dinner was not wholly acceptable to the colored gentlemen who attend to our wants, we have evidence from the remark of our own waiter, who said that "he could n't eat that fish noway." Upon hearing this we banished all fears of seeming too fastidious, and came to the conclusion that if the darkies could n't eat what was set before us, we were justified in making a complaint...
SOME critical remark in a recent number of the Magenta greatly offended the Virginia University Magazine, and that publication declares that we are altogether too self-sufficient. We regret that our Southern friends are unable to distinguish between conceit and the pride of conscious merit...