Wilton of Cuthbert's: a Tale of Undergraduate Life Thirty Years Ago. With ... Illustrations, EtcGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 376 pages |
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Page 69
... cloth , with long dangling ends , afforded a curious contrast to the unimpeachable get - up of the undergraduates . He was tall and gaunt in appearance , with long iron - grey hair hanging loosely over his forehead , and features harsh ...
... cloth , with long dangling ends , afforded a curious contrast to the unimpeachable get - up of the undergraduates . He was tall and gaunt in appearance , with long iron - grey hair hanging loosely over his forehead , and features harsh ...
Page 213
... clothes as the village hostelry might be able to afford , and also having an eye to supper and a glass of something hot , to expel the cold , which the rain and night air had occasioned . They entered the churchyard just as An Afternoon ...
... clothes as the village hostelry might be able to afford , and also having an eye to supper and a glass of something hot , to expel the cold , which the rain and night air had occasioned . They entered the churchyard just as An Afternoon ...
Page 219
... clothes . " He produced a heap of linen which he had brought down with him , together with an old . greatcoat , and a dressing - gown which seemed the dupli- cate of the one on his own shoulders . 66 " Put on these , and then warm ...
... clothes . " He produced a heap of linen which he had brought down with him , together with an old . greatcoat , and a dressing - gown which seemed the dupli- cate of the one on his own shoulders . 66 " Put on these , and then warm ...
Page 247
... for either party . There could be nothing serious between them . He was two and twenty , had to make his own way in the world , with hardly money enough to pay for the clothes on his back . If he A Sensational Adventure . 247.
... for either party . There could be nothing serious between them . He was two and twenty , had to make his own way in the world , with hardly money enough to pay for the clothes on his back . If he A Sensational Adventure . 247.
Page 259
... , with a note requiring a dozen books or so to be sent him , together with a supply of clothes , in the donkey cart ; and when Janet arrived , he was comfortably established in his dressing - gown and slippers The End of the Long . 259.
... , with a note requiring a dozen books or so to be sent him , together with a supply of clothes , in the donkey cart ; and when Janet arrived , he was comfortably established in his dressing - gown and slippers The End of the Long . 259.
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