Wilton of Cuthbert's: a Tale of Undergraduate Life Thirty Years Ago. With ... Illustrations, EtcGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 376 pages |
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... doubt in the mind of any one who encountered them , that they were undergraduates from the University of Oxford , some four miles distant . The taller of them , who was addressed by his companion as Wilton , or occasionally as Gerald ...
... doubt in the mind of any one who encountered them , that they were undergraduates from the University of Oxford , some four miles distant . The taller of them , who was addressed by his companion as Wilton , or occasionally as Gerald ...
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... doubt has had plenty to think of to - day . I hope he may win , with all my heart . " " So do I , " said Wardleigh ; " and I think he will , too . He is at least as good a rider as Sheringham , let fellows say what they will ; and ...
... doubt has had plenty to think of to - day . I hope he may win , with all my heart . " " So do I , " said Wardleigh ; " and I think he will , too . He is at least as good a rider as Sheringham , let fellows say what they will ; and ...
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... doubt whether Schacabac could do it , and certainly Lady Loo couldn't . But do you see that post and rail into the next field ? The hedge is lower just there , and I think we can clear it . " " I dare say , " said Wilton ; " but shall ...
... doubt whether Schacabac could do it , and certainly Lady Loo couldn't . But do you see that post and rail into the next field ? The hedge is lower just there , and I think we can clear it . " " I dare say , " said Wilton ; " but shall ...
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... doubt . The movements of the bucolics were more energetic than graceful , and the farmer himself , with his rubicund visage one mass of perspiration and fury , might have moved the mirth of a much more staid person than either of our ...
... doubt . The movements of the bucolics were more energetic than graceful , and the farmer himself , with his rubicund visage one mass of perspiration and fury , might have moved the mirth of a much more staid person than either of our ...
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... doubt ; but he had gone over as bad in the excitement of the hunting - field , and thought it no great matter . He caught sight , too , at the moment , of a hard piece of gravelly ground , running to the edge of the ditch , where there ...
... doubt ; but he had gone over as bad in the excitement of the hunting - field , and thought it no great matter . He caught sight , too , at the moment , of a hard piece of gravelly ground , running to the edge of the ditch , where there ...
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Æschylus afterwards answered appeared arrived Ashburnham asked Wilton Austin Barton better boat Bristowe Bristowe's Cambridge Church Cobbold course Cradock Cuthbert's dare say deal door doubt Edition Endicot examination exclaimed fancy Faringdon Fcap fellow Fowler gentleman George Blake Gerald gilt edges glad gone Hadbroke Halford hand Harchester HARRISON WEIR heard Helen hope Hornby horse hour Hunt Illustrations Ingram Janet Graham Joel Sparks John JOHN LESLEY John Osborne knew lady leigh lodgings look mean Miss Graham Miss Osborne morning Nettlebed never once Osborne's Oxford Parleyfield party passed person Pilkington Powell present pretty Price proctor race refuse returned rooms schools Sheringham Shillings South Leigh spoke story suppose sure tell testamur there's thing thought told took undergraduates Venner wager Wardleigh Wargrave week Witney young
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