Word: passant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...silently; but as a matter of fact, they are ruined past hope in much smaller proportion. Granting other things equal, the chances of great success, these maintain, are greater for the graduates, while the chances of great failure are less; and those two facts - which we may remark en passant we believe to he real, especially as regards the second - ought of themselves to outweigh the heavy claims put in for experience in practical life...
...Passant." - "What are you always thinking about, Ida?" "I'm always thinking about nothing, auntie. I never think about any thing, unless I happen to think of some thing to think about." - [London Punch...
...manners are exquisite, though. I suppose that comes from meeting so many students. Of course you're dying to hear about the students. Well, they're perfectly horrid. They stare at one dreadfully. Of course I don't mind a slight glance of admiration, un coup d'oeil en passant, but a continued stare, though flattering, is very rude indeed. I met some very, very nice college men at a german, though, - they were extremely dignified. Some of them told me all about how they spend their time, and I think Harvard life must be perfectly delightful. One very pale...