Wilton of Cuthbert's: a Tale of Undergraduate Life Thirty Years Ago. With ... Illustrations, EtcGriffith and Farran, 1878 - 376 pages |
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... young man lifted his earnest eyes- ' Oh , tell me , my father , for thou art wise , Is it better to live till the set of sun , Or to die , when the morn hath Lut scarce begun ! ' The old man sighed , and he shook his head ; ' I cannot ...
... young man lifted his earnest eyes- ' Oh , tell me , my father , for thou art wise , Is it better to live till the set of sun , Or to die , when the morn hath Lut scarce begun ! ' The old man sighed , and he shook his head ; ' I cannot ...
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... young men were riding to- Their age , dress , and general appearance would have left no doubt in the mind of any one who encountered them , that they were undergraduates from the University of Oxford , some four miles distant . The ...
... young men were riding to- Their age , dress , and general appearance would have left no doubt in the mind of any one who encountered them , that they were undergraduates from the University of Oxford , some four miles distant . The ...
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... young men looked about them in evident per- plexity , mingled , in the instance of the second named of the two , with some annoyance , rarely seen on his good- humoured face . " It is tiresome of these fellows , " he said , presently ...
... young men looked about them in evident per- plexity , mingled , in the instance of the second named of the two , with some annoyance , rarely seen on his good- humoured face . " It is tiresome of these fellows , " he said , presently ...
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... young crop . One or two more fields followed , either fallow , or meadows where sheep were feeding . But at the end of these they came to a pretty high fence , on leaping which they found themselves in a field , where a number of men ...
... young crop . One or two more fields followed , either fallow , or meadows where sheep were feeding . But at the end of these they came to a pretty high fence , on leaping which they found themselves in a field , where a number of men ...
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... young Oxonians did , indeed , find themselves in a position of more difficulty than they had anticipated . The meadow which they had now entered , and which , as Wardleigh had rightly conjectured , adjoined the high- road , was on that ...
... young Oxonians did , indeed , find themselves in a position of more difficulty than they had anticipated . The meadow which they had now entered , and which , as Wardleigh had rightly conjectured , adjoined the high- road , was on that ...
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