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... books for boys , while the Dean of Westminster has drawn with admirable skill and chastened enthusiasm the portrait of a man whose energies were so absorbed in his darling scheme of • monitorial government that the unoccupied portions ...
... books for boys , while the Dean of Westminster has drawn with admirable skill and chastened enthusiasm the portrait of a man whose energies were so absorbed in his darling scheme of • monitorial government that the unoccupied portions ...
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... book , from which we have taken the few particulars already given , contains much that is interesting , and a good deal that hardly deserves the epithet . Considering how many important actors in public affairs have come from Eton , it ...
... book , from which we have taken the few particulars already given , contains much that is interesting , and a good deal that hardly deserves the epithet . Considering how many important actors in public affairs have come from Eton , it ...
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... books . In the conduct of the ' Etonian , ' Praed was supported by Moultrie , Nelson Coleridge , and Sydney Walker ; and the confederates have been described by Mr. Trevelyan , in his ' Life of Macaulay , ' as ' the clever- est set of ...
... books . In the conduct of the ' Etonian , ' Praed was supported by Moultrie , Nelson Coleridge , and Sydney Walker ; and the confederates have been described by Mr. Trevelyan , in his ' Life of Macaulay , ' as ' the clever- est set of ...
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... books and umbrellas it is scarcely accurate . Cruelty , if it be very gross and obvious , cowardice , provided it be not moral , and lying to anyone but a master , may , perhaps , fairly be added to the list . Even when so reinforced it ...
... books and umbrellas it is scarcely accurate . Cruelty , if it be very gross and obvious , cowardice , provided it be not moral , and lying to anyone but a master , may , perhaps , fairly be added to the list . Even when so reinforced it ...
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... Book of the " Eneid ; " but it had ceased to be distinctly recognisable as classical , and was only perceived in the higher finish and force of his auctioneering style . ' Substitute Eton for Mudport , and parliamentary for ...
... Book of the " Eneid ; " but it had ceased to be distinctly recognisable as classical , and was only perceived in the higher finish and force of his auctioneering style . ' Substitute Eton for Mudport , and parliamentary for ...
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