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... Means of passing 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 ...
... Means of passing 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 ...
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... you are too late for Hall , or your name's crossed in the buttery . ' " What can that mean ? thought I. Why , when the governor came home from his last book - club dinner , COFFEE - HOUSE BILLS . 6 13 he said , 12 THE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE .
... you are too late for Hall , or your name's crossed in the buttery . ' " What can that mean ? thought I. Why , when the governor came home from his last book - club dinner , COFFEE - HOUSE BILLS . 6 13 he said , 12 THE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE .
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... mean to say , with me and many others , this was all ignorance . I put Charles Harley up to it all , and after three terms he told me he had no coffee - house bill whatever ; though , as I was talking to him at first , he said , Why ...
... mean to say , with me and many others , this was all ignorance . I put Charles Harley up to it all , and after three terms he told me he had no coffee - house bill whatever ; though , as I was talking to him at first , he said , Why ...
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... mean Tufts they could do me no good , nor dull hard readers , but real sharp fellows , to keep one at one's wits ' ends , and make one read to keep pace with their conver- sation . Of all this I might have had the benefit at first as ...
... mean Tufts they could do me no good , nor dull hard readers , but real sharp fellows , to keep one at one's wits ' ends , and make one read to keep pace with their conver- sation . Of all this I might have had the benefit at first as ...
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... means choose that university in which your son's peculiar taste will give him most chance of success , and , con- sequently , most encouragement to compete . " " But I hear there are both classical and mathe- matical honours awarded at ...
... means choose that university in which your son's peculiar taste will give him most chance of success , and , con- sequently , most encouragement to compete . " " But I hear there are both classical and mathe- matical honours awarded at ...
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