Word: look
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Pardon my emotion," said he; "but look down upon this brilliant assembly, - gaze upon the youth and beauty gathered here...
...became so absorbed in the contemplation of this depravity that I did not notice a new arrival in the gallery. At last the upturned faces of the men below made me aware that there was something of interest there besides myself. I looked around, and lo! a party of ladies were taking seats. Was this a feature of the entertainment? "Not so bad," thought I; "they must look pretty from below. A very pleasant entree for one's dinner; very, to be sure. I will leave the club...
...says that "Ossip" "argues that `the popularity which the independent man professes to scorn is the esteem, the respect, and the friendship of manly men.'" No argument was used. It was simply a statement, and one that "G. E." declines to admit, because he does not look upon popular men as manly...
...trouble at the bottom of this matter is, that some persons are possessed with the idea that there is no mean between officious independence and toadyism. This fact "G. E." has avoided. He merely says that popularity is the result of insincerity. If he will take the pains to look through college, he will find that the really popular men are those who maintain a manly independence, but do not let their tongues run away with them...
...assure you that all my friends to whom I have spoken on the subject - and we often talk about it, since we can now look back over our course - agree unanimously in saying that they have had quite enough of the undergraduate life. They don't think that a longer stay here would...