Our Public SchoolsC.K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 373 pages |
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Page 25
... doubt , if ex- aminations be the true test , they are . But there is such a thing as intellectual pot - hunting , other- wise known as concentrated industry , and it is a vice to which collegers are singularly prone , and from which ...
... doubt , if ex- aminations be the true test , they are . But there is such a thing as intellectual pot - hunting , other- wise known as concentrated industry , and it is a vice to which collegers are singularly prone , and from which ...
Page 34
... doubt that if the present captain of the boats , whoever he may be , were to enter a public building , simultane- ously with royalty , he would bow quite naturally and gracefully in acknowledgment of any applause which might ensue . On ...
... doubt that if the present captain of the boats , whoever he may be , were to enter a public building , simultane- ously with royalty , he would bow quite naturally and gracefully in acknowledgment of any applause which might ensue . On ...
Page 49
... doubt , there has been no character to stamp . The grotesque regulation which for two hundred years limited the selection for the headship of the largest E school in England to members of the smallest college in Eton . 49.
... doubt , there has been no character to stamp . The grotesque regulation which for two hundred years limited the selection for the headship of the largest E school in England to members of the smallest college in Eton . 49.
Page 58
... doubt whether an oppidan at Eton can have any real reason to complain of his food ; but some- thing must be conceded to artistic requirements , and it is much more amusing to describe a bad dinner than a good one . These are the only ...
... doubt whether an oppidan at Eton can have any real reason to complain of his food ; but some- thing must be conceded to artistic requirements , and it is much more amusing to describe a bad dinner than a good one . These are the only ...
Page 62
... in the past . Moreover , there can be little doubt that the searching analysis to which they subject the conduct and motives of their fag- masters is in itself an intellectual pleasure not lightly to 62 Our Public Schools .
... in the past . Moreover , there can be little doubt that the searching analysis to which they subject the conduct and motives of their fag- masters is in itself an intellectual pleasure not lightly to 62 Our Public Schools .
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