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... Tell the plain truth , be punctual and honest with them , and they will be civil to you , and , when you have paid off a four years ' bill , will say , as they did to me , ' Thank ye , sir ; won't you favour us with another B 3.
... Tell the plain truth , be punctual and honest with them , and they will be civil to you , and , when you have paid off a four years ' bill , will say , as they did to me , ' Thank ye , sir ; won't you favour us with another B 3.
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... tell you what was of a deal of service to me before I went to Magdalen , that was , the conversations I had from Jameson about Cambridge - for there he saw a little of life , ' — and also what Morley told me about Ox- ford . A little ...
... tell you what was of a deal of service to me before I went to Magdalen , that was , the conversations I had from Jameson about Cambridge - for there he saw a little of life , ' — and also what Morley told me about Ox- ford . A little ...
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... less likely to shut their eyes to consequences . " “ I know a case in point . ' " " " And I can tell you a dozen at least . ” " I was going to mention Serle , the banker . Be- cause his son was at the head of a common.
... less likely to shut their eyes to consequences . " “ I know a case in point . ' " " " And I can tell you a dozen at least . ” " I was going to mention Serle , the banker . Be- cause his son was at the head of a common.
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... tell of it , indeed — his last curate used to laugh , and hint as much , at one in the next parish . But , " said he , " in my day we used to choose our own examiners , and I never heard of such a thing as a man's not passing ; -but ...
... tell of it , indeed — his last curate used to laugh , and hint as much , at one in the next parish . But , " said he , " in my day we used to choose our own examiners , and I never heard of such a thing as a man's not passing ; -but ...
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... tell of it . " - Again , as to honours and University prizes , that was new too . Latin and Greek was a sort of commodity , of which enough was reckoned as good as a great deal . A man went to College to be made a gentleman of , and ...
... tell of it . " - Again , as to honours and University prizes , that was new too . Latin and Greek was a sort of commodity , of which enough was reckoned as good as a great deal . A man went to College to be made a gentleman of , and ...
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