Wilton of Cuthbert's: a Tale of Undergraduate Life Thirty Years Ago. With ... Illustrations, EtcGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 376 pages |
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... expressed . But he was more reckless about money now than he had been in the days when he would expend the last guinea he possessed on any piece of extravagance that might at the moment hit his fancy- an embroidered smoking - cap , or a ...
... expressed . But he was more reckless about money now than he had been in the days when he would expend the last guinea he possessed on any piece of extravagance that might at the moment hit his fancy- an embroidered smoking - cap , or a ...
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... expressed his satisfaction at hearing that he was about to enter St. Cuthbert's as a commoner , so that they would not lose him , in consequence of his generous conduct . The boys drank his health , with three times three , at the ...
... expressed his satisfaction at hearing that he was about to enter St. Cuthbert's as a commoner , so that they would not lose him , in consequence of his generous conduct . The boys drank his health , with three times three , at the ...
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... expressed it , on a new tack altogether . He had already passed his " little - go , " in which , indeed , he could not very well have failed . " Moderations , " as yet , were not , so that he could not read for them . But he resolved to ...
... expressed it , on a new tack altogether . He had already passed his " little - go , " in which , indeed , he could not very well have failed . " Moderations , " as yet , were not , so that he could not read for them . But he resolved to ...
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... expressed himself in a manner unusually flattering to his new pupil , when he chanced one day to meet Mr. Ingram in Christchurch walks ; of which classic promenade he made three solemn rounds every day , winter and summer alike , by way ...
... expressed himself in a manner unusually flattering to his new pupil , when he chanced one day to meet Mr. Ingram in Christchurch walks ; of which classic promenade he made three solemn rounds every day , winter and summer alike , by way ...
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... expression of his face , and gained some insight into what was passing . He was , of course , acquainted with Gerald's circumstances , and guessed that he had inadvertently involved himself in what might be an awkward predicament . He ...
... expression of his face , and gained some insight into what was passing . He was , of course , acquainted with Gerald's circumstances , and guessed that he had inadvertently involved himself in what might be an awkward predicament . He ...
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