School Experience of a Fag at a Private and Public SchoolSmith, Elder, and Company, 1854 - 311 Seiten |
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... called the lumbering vehicle , I stepped into it , with my portmanteau and pre- cious hat - box , and was forthwith conveyed to Elm - house Preparatory School . So many authors have graphically described the boy's sensations on a first ...
... called the lumbering vehicle , I stepped into it , with my portmanteau and pre- cious hat - box , and was forthwith conveyed to Elm - house Preparatory School . So many authors have graphically described the boy's sensations on a first ...
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... called it , with all the invective of which he was master - it was no small allow- ance — and with that flow of wit he possessed , which was far too smart for his opponents . Ex . gr . : - " And you call yourself a school ! And you will ...
... called it , with all the invective of which he was master - it was no small allow- ance — and with that flow of wit he possessed , which was far too smart for his opponents . Ex . gr . : - " And you call yourself a school ! And you will ...
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... called out for him repeatedly without success - the runaway being concealed ( perhaps gagged too ) under a bush , or in some hayloft - started off at a hard run in the direction indicated , returning at supper time , in great anxiety of ...
... called out for him repeatedly without success - the runaway being concealed ( perhaps gagged too ) under a bush , or in some hayloft - started off at a hard run in the direction indicated , returning at supper time , in great anxiety of ...
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... called innocent , in bitter irony , because , forsooth , in after life we may squeeze in one or two more vices than we can now though , for some of the fellows here , that would be rather difficult . We have perhaps no 50 SCHOOL ...
... called innocent , in bitter irony , because , forsooth , in after life we may squeeze in one or two more vices than we can now though , for some of the fellows here , that would be rather difficult . We have perhaps no 50 SCHOOL ...
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... called out from my boat , had I dared to do so- 66 -By nature sober , yet had then , Boys as ye were , the gravity of men ; Ye knew , at least , by constant proofs addressed To ears and eyes , the vices of the rest- ⚫But ye connive at ...
... called out from my boat , had I dared to do so- 66 -By nature sober , yet had then , Boys as ye were , the gravity of men ; Ye knew , at least , by constant proofs addressed To ears and eyes , the vices of the rest- ⚫But ye connive at ...
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Seite 86 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Seite 285 - Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care! Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Seite 54 - Though thy slumber may be deep Yet thy spirit shall not sleep; There are shades which will not vanish, There are thoughts thou canst not banish...
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Seite 309 - We conceive it to be impossible that any intelligent persons could listen to the lectures, however they might differ from the judgments asserted, and from the general propositions laid down, without an elevating influence and an aroused enthusiasm."— Spectator.
Seite 309 - This book is one which, perhaps, no other man could have written, and one for which the world ought to be and will be thankful. It is in the highest degree eloquent, acute, stimulating to thought, and fertile in suggestion. It...
Seite 148 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Seite 311 - ... To those who attended the lectures, the book will be a pleasant reminiscence, to others an exciting novelty. The style — clear, idiomatic, forcible, familiar, but never slovenly ; the searching strokes of sarcasm or irony ; the occasional flashes of generous scorn ; the touches of pathos, pity, and tenderness , the morality tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these lose much...