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... term after he had his fellowship - and asked him to introduce Charles to a sensible set of fellows , and let me know how he was going on . Now , he is among a reading set the same set that I was among my third year ; of course , he has ...
... term after he had his fellowship - and asked him to introduce Charles to a sensible set of fellows , and let me know how he was going on . Now , he is among a reading set the same set that I was among my third year ; of course , he has ...
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... term down , that is , rusticated , or sentenced to put his morals under quarantine in country quarters . At this coachee made a sly hit by saying , ' We want a help up this hill , Mr. Snowdon ; and I think , if I don't forget , you are ...
... term down , that is , rusticated , or sentenced to put his morals under quarantine in country quarters . At this coachee made a sly hit by saying , ' We want a help up this hill , Mr. Snowdon ; and I think , if I don't forget , you are ...
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... terms , at Kingston Inn . Now in spite of all I had heard of the etiquette of Oxford life , I thought that we two were , without any introduction , to be friends for life ; but the next day I met him in the Turl , when of course he took ...
... terms , at Kingston Inn . Now in spite of all I had heard of the etiquette of Oxford life , I thought that we two were , without any introduction , to be friends for life ; but the next day I met him in the Turl , when of course he took ...
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... term any more than bat- tels . ' That was the history of my nest - egg for hatching a whole brood of extravagances ... terms he told me he had no coffee - house bill whatever ; though , as I was talking to him at first , he said , Why ...
... term any more than bat- tels . ' That was the history of my nest - egg for hatching a whole brood of extravagances ... 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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... terms than I could clear in twelve . waste of money to waste of time ? for honours I knew not , still less how to ... term as I did at my tenth , what reason was there that I should not have known my poets and histories as well as the ...
... terms than I could clear in twelve . waste of money to waste of time ? for honours I knew not , still less how to ... term as I did at my tenth , what reason was there that I should not have known my poets and histories as well as the ...
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