School Experience of a Fag at a Private and Public SchoolSmith, Elder, and Company, 1854 - 311 Seiten |
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... spirit of envy rises strong within me . With that high superiority and noble generosity , then , which are also characteristics of the age in which you live , pardon the above remarks , made only with a view of justifying my youthful ...
... spirit of envy rises strong within me . With that high superiority and noble generosity , then , which are also characteristics of the age in which you live , pardon the above remarks , made only with a view of justifying my youthful ...
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... How vigo- rously he fell upon any of our many perse- cutors , whom he happened to catch in the fact ! He counselled us to pluck up spirit and retaliate when it was possible , and advised us to bear 20 SCHOOL EXPERIENCES .
... How vigo- rously he fell upon any of our many perse- cutors , whom he happened to catch in the fact ! He counselled us to pluck up spirit and retaliate when it was possible , and advised us to bear 20 SCHOOL EXPERIENCES .
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... spirit on the part of his pupils , and abused us heartily for any want of manliness in our amuse- ments , of energy in our lessons , or of magnanimity in our exercise of power . ( I say " our , " though the only living animal I could ...
... spirit on the part of his pupils , and abused us heartily for any want of manliness in our amuse- ments , of energy in our lessons , or of magnanimity in our exercise of power . ( I say " our , " though the only living animal I could ...
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... spirit , not one spark of intelligence ! Had I asked a question not in the words of the book , who would have answered it ? And as for bullying , you can tease and pinch , you can be દ unkind , ' and pull hair ; so can your sisters at ...
... spirit , not one spark of intelligence ! Had I asked a question not in the words of the book , who would have answered it ? And as for bullying , you can tease and pinch , you can be દ unkind , ' and pull hair ; so can your sisters at ...
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... spirit hiding under some old boat , watching the sea rolling up the pebbles on the beach , till the very waves seemed to become living faces and the sea - roar a friendly voice . What companions did those deep - toned billows seem to me ...
... spirit hiding under some old boat , watching the sea rolling up the pebbles on the beach , till the very waves seemed to become living faces and the sea - roar a friendly voice . What companions did those deep - toned billows seem to me ...
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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...