Word: off-handedly
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...this need for special instruction. In effect, their purpose is to give literary finish by means of careful work, and criticism. While this sort of study is of course necessary to gain a power of clear and graceful composition, yet these courses do not afford any chance for rapid off-hand writing. The system of daily theme writing, instituted in one course, is an approach toward the proper cultivation of the ability to do off-hand work, but even this does not answer the purpose. It is only an attempt in the right direction; it lacks from necessity both method...
Maiden, confidently: "I don't exactly like extemporaneous or off-hand kisses...
...Sever 11 by Prof. Palmer on the Odyssey of Homer, form the basis of an excellent translation of the work in poetical prose. Prof. Palmer has hit upon a method of translation especially adapted to the requirements of Homer, combining in a very happy manner, narrative and poetry. The off-hand way in which he conducted his winter readings has been preserved as far as possible, although something has been lost by the printing, for as Prof. Palmer admits "methods originally fitted to the ear will not be equally well-suited to the eye." The translation is constructed in loose...
...signatures of those who desire to see a reduction in the required number of Forensics. To be obliged to go into an examination prepared to write a theme on six subjects requires considerable preparation, for most of the subjects are worthy of careful study and cannot be written upon off-hand...
TEAM MATCH.Two hundred yards, Creedmore target, off-hand military and hunting rifles allowed two points...