Wilton of Cuthbert's: a Tale of Undergraduate Life Thirty Years Ago. With ... Illustrations, EtcGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 376 pages |
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... matters with Mr. Hodge did not commend itself to him now . The farmer had evi- dently grown very angry . It was doubtful ... matter . He caught sight , too , at the moment , of a hard piece of gravelly ground , running to the edge of the ...
... matters with Mr. Hodge did not commend itself to him now . The farmer had evi- dently grown very angry . It was doubtful ... matter . He caught sight , too , at the moment , of a hard piece of gravelly ground , running to the edge of the ...
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... matter now . Nobody knows who the fellow was , or where he came from , or what has become of him . It might have been unintentional ; and unless it could be proved that it wasn't , it must be assumed to have been so . We all thought the ...
... matter now . Nobody knows who the fellow was , or where he came from , or what has become of him . It might have been unintentional ; and unless it could be proved that it wasn't , it must be assumed to have been so . We all thought the ...
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... matter ) , how precarious her condition was , it seemed as though his heart would have broken . He surmised , in a moment , that it had been his misconduct which had caused this terrible change , and accused himself , with all the ...
... matter ) , how precarious her condition was , it seemed as though his heart would have broken . He surmised , in a moment , that it had been his misconduct which had caused this terrible change , and accused himself , with all the ...
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... matter which ordinarily occupied the attention of the boys . The fatal day arrived at last . The two examiners , one from Oxford , the other from Cambridge - both of them Harchester men who had carried off the great prizes of their ...
... matter which ordinarily occupied the attention of the boys . The fatal day arrived at last . The two examiners , one from Oxford , the other from Cambridge - both of them Harchester men who had carried off the great prizes of their ...
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... certainly , to confirm the report cir- culated in the forenoon . But though the foundationers and commoners were satisfied with this view of the matter , the home boarders refused their consent . They 32 Wilton of Cuthbert's .
... certainly , to confirm the report cir- culated in the forenoon . But though the foundationers and commoners were satisfied with this view of the matter , the home boarders refused their consent . They 32 Wilton of Cuthbert's .
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