Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...being varied and full of interest throughout. Some of the numbers put a pretty severe test upon the orchestra, but it was found lacking in very few places. What deficiencies there were, were chiefly in the Ruy Blas overture, a little unsteadiness being occasionally noticeable in some of the sudden and trying changes of tempo; and Mr. Gericke's reading seemed to arrive at the climax rather too soon, there not being a sufficient gradual working up to the close. The soloist was Mr. M. Loeffler, and it was a great pleasure to have him again here this winter...
There has been a sudden demand for rooms by those living at 4 Holyoke St., froms the fact that Mr. J. M. Hilton has ordered all the occupants to leave the premises before March 1st, and this in the face of a verbal agreement that they should not be disturbed before September. This is not a matter of surprise to those who are acquainted with his philanthropic character...
...kind from that made in the ordinary way, because it does not admit of "tinkering," save by a special process, which can be worked only by a diferent body of workmen. Hence the first kind of constitution is elastic, the second rigid ; the flrst is admirable, able to bear sudden strains without any injury to its effectiveness, and modifies itself almost insensibly, so as to satisfy new ideas, new wants, new interests. An elastic constitution meets revolution half way. But when the people live under a constitution contained in an organic written law, the slightest change will produce a visible...
Inquiries are now being anxiously made as to the sudden disappearance of the Hockey Club, the youngest of our institutions. We were promised, at the birth of this association, that all signs of activity would be dispensed with for the present; but with the advent of cold weather and good skating, we were told, the signs of activity would be numerous and frequent. The cold weather has come and with it the long expected skating, but a careful and diligent search has failed to reveal to us any signs that such a society as the Hockey Club has an existence...
...certainly is very rude for a man to leave the lecture room before the lecture is finished, and that so many are in the habit of doing it is to be regretted. Of course under certain circumstances, such as sudden illness, leaving the room during the lecture is perfectly excusable, but for a man to leave simply because he finds the lecture rather dry or because he is rather sleepy, is rude to both lecturer and fellow students. If a man goes with the idea of leaving in the middle of the hour, or soon after the roll call...