Wilton of Cuthbert's: a Tale of Undergraduate Life Thirty Years Ago. With ... Illustrations, EtcGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 376 pages |
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... person than either of our friends . Having paused at the further end of the field for a few minutes to breathe their horses , Wardleigh and Wilton now proceeded to put their scheme in operation . Riding at full speed to a spot about ...
... person than either of our friends . Having paused at the further end of the field for a few minutes to breathe their horses , Wardleigh and Wilton now proceeded to put their scheme in operation . Riding at full speed to a spot about ...
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... person and character , but was possessed of more intellectual ability . Before he had been two years at Harchester , Mr. Hindley , the sub - warden , under whose charge the foundationers were placed , wrote to Mrs. Osborne to inquire ...
... person and character , but was possessed of more intellectual ability . Before he had been two years at Harchester , Mr. Hindley , the sub - warden , under whose charge the foundationers were placed , wrote to Mrs. Osborne to inquire ...
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... one fine day Austin Wardleigh did them the favour to break his neck in the hunting field , and the younger brother succeeded to the estate . The change from the shifting condition of persons with expensive 24 Wilton of Cuthbert's .
... one fine day Austin Wardleigh did them the favour to break his neck in the hunting field , and the younger brother succeeded to the estate . The change from the shifting condition of persons with expensive 24 Wilton of Cuthbert's .
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Henry Cadwallader Adams. The change from the shifting condition of persons with expensive habits and no settled income to sudden affluence , could not but be a relief . But after a while Mrs. Wardleigh began to doubt whether the altered ...
Henry Cadwallader Adams. The change from the shifting condition of persons with expensive habits and no settled income to sudden affluence , could not but be a relief . But after a while Mrs. Wardleigh began to doubt whether the altered ...
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... person to whom he had ever been known to show it . Pilking- ton had taken a great fancy to his cousin Gerald , and was very much pleased to learn that he was about to matriculate at St. Cuthbert's . " It's not a bad college , I can tell ...
... person to whom he had ever been known to show it . Pilking- ton had taken a great fancy to his cousin Gerald , and was very much pleased to learn that he was about to matriculate at St. Cuthbert's . " It's not a bad college , I can tell ...
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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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