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... Examinations , exposed - 200 CHAP . XI . Reading for a Degree . - the Schools . - College Tutors.— - - 215 Their Systems and Ideas . - Sketches of idle Men CHAP . XII . Reading for a First Class . - Nature of the Examinations . -The ...
... Examinations , exposed - 200 CHAP . XI . Reading for a Degree . - the Schools . - College Tutors.— - - 215 Their Systems and Ideas . - Sketches of idle Men CHAP . XII . Reading for a First Class . - Nature of the Examinations . -The ...
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... examination . Well , the first bottle was soon gone : First cork don't count , ' said Jacky : soon the second ran dry : then this milksop didn't want to stand another . · What ! ' said Jack , ' d'ye think I've the conscience to pass ...
... examination . Well , the first bottle was soon gone : First cork don't count , ' said Jacky : soon the second ran dry : then this milksop didn't want to stand another . · What ! ' said Jack , ' d'ye think I've the conscience to pass ...
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... examination , that had he remained he would have had no chance of the First Class he gained at Oxford . Then again the pupils of Dr. Butler at Shrewsbury gained far more classical honours at Cambridge than at Oxford . As to Fel ...
... examination , that had he remained he would have had no chance of the First Class he gained at Oxford . Then again the pupils of Dr. Butler at Shrewsbury gained far more classical honours at Cambridge than at Oxford . As to Fel ...
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... examinations at the two universities . " " Let me give you instances : the very distin- guished principal of College told his pupil , a mutual friend , now at Oriel , that when he obtained the highest Cambridge classical honours , he ...
... examinations at the two universities . " " Let me give you instances : the very distin- guished principal of College told his pupil , a mutual friend , now at Oriel , that when he obtained the highest Cambridge classical honours , he ...
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... examination . A resident Fellow can often expedite matters for you . The general desire of the Masters of every College is to keep their col- lege constantly filled with men of respectability and talent ; and therefore they give the ...
... examination . A resident Fellow can often expedite matters for you . The general desire of the Masters of every College is to keep their col- lege constantly filled with men of respectability and talent ; and therefore they give the ...
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