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... , and him that takes . It is the cause of great misery to those who are too young to have discovered most of the consolations of sorrow . It puts arbitrary power into the hands of some of the least scrupulous of mankind , and Eton . 29.
... , and him that takes . It is the cause of great misery to those who are too young to have discovered most of the consolations of sorrow . It puts arbitrary power into the hands of some of the least scrupulous of mankind , and Eton . 29.
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... hand , a witness before the Commission , when asked what was the boys ' opinion of intellectual distinction , replied that if it was accompanied by success in games , it did not stand much in a boy's way . Of course no boy really ...
... hand , a witness before the Commission , when asked what was the boys ' opinion of intellectual distinction , replied that if it was accompanied by success in games , it did not stand much in a boy's way . Of course no boy really ...
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... hand , who lives from hand to mouth , and is satisfied with a technical discharge of scholastic obligations , re- joices in a device which enables him to palm off upon his teachers any stuff which can be proved to scan , and cannot be ...
... hand , who lives from hand to mouth , and is satisfied with a technical discharge of scholastic obligations , re- joices in a device which enables him to palm off upon his teachers any stuff which can be proved to scan , and cannot be ...
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... hand , like Rugby and Marlborough . It has never fallen under the dominion of an ecclesiastical sect , like Radley and Bradfield . The despotism of Keate was confined to the boys , and Hawtrey's varied accomplishments were not ...
... hand , like Rugby and Marlborough . It has never fallen under the dominion of an ecclesiastical sect , like Radley and Bradfield . The despotism of Keate was confined to the boys , and Hawtrey's varied accomplishments were not ...
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... hand , and owned his error magnanimously . Many men have laughed at his rhetoric , and made themselves a reputation for wit by telling stories of his behaviour . Such men have probably never read the second part of " Don Quixote . " The ...
... hand , and owned his error magnanimously . Many men have laughed at his rhetoric , and made themselves a reputation for wit by telling stories of his behaviour . Such men have probably never read the second part of " Don Quixote . " The ...
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