Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Herr Joachim, the great violinist, recently received the degree of Doctor of Music from Cambridge, England...
...knew it," I resumed. "That's what they all say. And what I want to speak to you about is this: you know we had to spend a great deal of money for boating last year, and this year we 're kind of hard up; and we thought some of the friends outside, who think so much of us, might like...
...years past, but more particularly recently, the Faculty have endeavored to treat students as if they were sufficiently mature to judge for themselves in matters which concerned them personally. All unnecessary and childish rules have long been dispensed with, and a liberty of action has been granted them as great if not greater than that accorded in any other institution of learning in this country or in England. For this the Faculty have deserved, and have received, the appreciation of students. The childish habits of hazing and rushing have been entirely dispensed with, and the general improvement in tone among...
...good hand-organ by jist the very boy that knows all about that same himsilf, is more worthy of hearing than a disjointed howl of "Where art thou now, my beloved?" by the unmusical soul who comes up stairs taking three steps to each word. And there is so great a fondness for attempting this latter kind of music manifest at all times, that it seems almost unaccountable that the modest Italian should not be permitted to rest beneath our windows and tutor the untuneful ear into a correct knowledge of its favorite airs...
Another peculiarity of his is that, if I give him special instructions about anything, he takes great pains to do exactly the opposite of what I have told him. If I say that I am going away to pass Sunday, and do not want a fire lighted, he puts himself to a great deal of pains to keep the fire blazing all day. And if I tell him I shall be back at a certain time, I am sure, upon my arrival, to find a desolate hearth...