Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...such a sudden change...
...marvel at the sudden wind...
...killed instantly. The other two were sitting so near each other that there was just room enough for an iron beam, that broke through the side of the car, to pass between them without striking either of them. Such a miraculous preservation of life, accompanied with the sudden death of the unfortunate people who had gone out for a holiday, cannot fail to arouse in our minds the most serious thoughts, while the fate of the oarsman, whose familiar face will be missed at the boat-house, is a sad event to record. The preservation of the lives and limbs...
...regular Graduates' Department, containing nearly forty courses of which about one third have been taken from the College electives, and the rest are from that mysterious region vaguely described as "special instruction from professors and other competent persons." To us, who have not been admitted behind the scenes, the sudden organization of this department has given much surprise, but also much pleasure. We look in vain for a course in Chinese and for some other desired courses; but an excellent beginning has been made, and criticism at this stage would be unjust. For the present, many of the courses will...
...time they are big enough to run alone, pick out their studies for them without consulting their own wishes, give them no chance to learn anything outside of books, treat them as mere cramming machines, and then, after this process has gone on ten or a dozen years, you suddenly remove all restraints and say, 'It is a very difficult thing to lay out a course of study properly, so use all wisdom, and Heaven bless you, my dear.'" Here my aunt gave an explosive snort of indignation. "What wonder," she continued, "that half the number wish to enjoy their...