The Collegian's Guide: Or, Recollections of College Days. Setting Forth the Advantages and Temptations of a University Education |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 72
Page 50
... of every other page of two sermons weekly , while still I can find time to read and improve myself , — when , instead of all this I say , I had rooms to myself with SCHOOLS FOR EXAMINATION . - 51 an oak to shut 50 THE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE .
... of every other page of two sermons weekly , while still I can find time to read and improve myself , — when , instead of all this I say , I had rooms to myself with SCHOOLS FOR EXAMINATION . - 51 an oak to shut 50 THE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE .
Page 51
James Pycroft. SCHOOLS FOR EXAMINATION . - 51 an oak to shut intruders out , the College library for reference , and lectures on all that I wanted , or was good for me to read , when there were examinations and class lists always coming ...
James Pycroft. SCHOOLS FOR EXAMINATION . - 51 an oak to shut intruders out , the College library for reference , and lectures on all that I wanted , or was good for me to read , when there were examinations and class lists always coming ...
Page 80
... Examination ; and how many put off that preparation too ! Am I among the number ? Our days are but a span : we too shall be succeeded by others ; our place taken , our name for- gotten , and they will look forward as we do , and as ...
... Examination ; and how many put off that preparation too ! Am I among the number ? Our days are but a span : we too shall be succeeded by others ; our place taken , our name for- gotten , and they will look forward as we do , and as ...
Page 100
... Examination , would raise his eyes slowly from his book , and drawl out as leisurely as possible something exactly to the point , and then stoop his sleepy - looking head once more towards his knees , and keep the same position perhaps ...
... Examination , would raise his eyes slowly from his book , and drawl out as leisurely as possible something exactly to the point , and then stoop his sleepy - looking head once more towards his knees , and keep the same position perhaps ...
Page 102
... examination , as well as the account you give of the extent of your reading , will determine the lectures you will be re- quired to attend . In our college the tutors seemed to make a three - fold division . The first consisted of the ...
... examination , as well as the account you give of the extent of your reading , will determine the lectures you will be re- quired to attend . In our college the tutors seemed to make a three - fold division . The first consisted of the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2d Edition Allen asked Belton bill breakfast Cambridge candidate chapel character Christchurch Churton cloth collegians Corbett course cramming DEBTOR'S PROGRESS debts Engravings examination father Fcap feel fellow Foolscap 8vo Fred Fredrika Bremer friends gentleman give Greek Hall hear heard History holy orders honours horse Howitt Illustrations J. C. Loudon Jenkinson John John Corbett John Minton kind late Latin lecture Lipsley London look master mind Minton morning morocco nature never observed once Oxford tradesmen parish party passed Paxton Peter Crawley Plates plucked post 8vo practice PRINTED FOR LONGMAN proctor question racter remarked remember rooms rustication Samuel Laing schools scout servants society soon talk tell term testamur thing THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought Thucydides told Translated TREATISE Tufton tutor Vignette Titles vols Whitbread William Howitt wine Woodcuts words young youth
Popular passages
Page 34 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Page 29 - Title, 6s. cloth. TATE.-HORATIUS RESTITUTUS; Or, the Books of Horace arranged in Chronological Order, according to the Scheme of Dr. Bentley, from the Text of Gesner, corrected and improved. With a Preliminary Dissertation, very much enlarged, on the Chronology of the Works, on the Localities, and on the Life and Character of that Poet.
Page 18 - Encyclopaedia of Agriculture ; comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture; Including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Agriculture in all Countries, a Statistical View of its present State, and Suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.
Page 18 - Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and of the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable productions of Agriculture : including all the latest Improvements, a general History of Agriculture in all Countries, a Statistical View of its present State, with Suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles ; and Supplement, bringing down the work to the year 1844.
Page 23 - Murray's Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Page 29 - TATE -THE CONTINUOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ST. PAUL, on the basis of the Acts ; with Intercalary Matter of Sacred Narrative, supplied from the Epistles, and elucidated in occasional Dissertations: with the Horae Paulina? of Dr. Paley, in a more correct edition, subjoined.