Cap and Gown Comedy: A Schoolmaster's StoriesA. & C. Black, 1893 - 342 Seiten |
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... stood on my agent's books ? If so , I could only hope that no headmaster of such a school might waste his time nibbling at my poor bait , for in that case I should feel like any gudgeon fisher who might chance to find himself with a ...
... stood on my agent's books ? If so , I could only hope that no headmaster of such a school might waste his time nibbling at my poor bait , for in that case I should feel like any gudgeon fisher who might chance to find himself with a ...
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... stood panting and staring , in act to speak , when the Doctor turned sharply upon him , nettled at having his own mellifluous eloquence thus cut short , - " Wilks Major ! How dare you , sir , intrude in this unmannerly way upon my ...
... stood panting and staring , in act to speak , when the Doctor turned sharply upon him , nettled at having his own mellifluous eloquence thus cut short , - " Wilks Major ! How dare you , sir , intrude in this unmannerly way upon my ...
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... stood loutishly silent , as if not sure what to do about it . Finally , he decided on holding out a sooty hand , which I took , murmuring an expres- sion of hope that we should get on together . I had looked forward with some ...
... stood loutishly silent , as if not sure what to do about it . Finally , he decided on holding out a sooty hand , which I took , murmuring an expres- sion of hope that we should get on together . I had looked forward with some ...
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... stood silent for a minute or two and nothing happened . I wondered what we were waiting for , till Ditcherly , her arms filled with a huge coffee- urn , kicked open the door to admit Mrs S. , who Thus waddled up the room with her ...
... stood silent for a minute or two and nothing happened . I wondered what we were waiting for , till Ditcherly , her arms filled with a huge coffee- urn , kicked open the door to admit Mrs S. , who Thus waddled up the room with her ...
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... stood up and answered adsum , a very unnecessary ceremony it seemed to me , since it need take no Cæsar to recognise at a glance the presence of so few soldiers . But my employer was evidently nothing if not scholastical in his ideas ...
... stood up and answered adsum , a very unnecessary ceremony it seemed to me , since it need take no Cæsar to recognise at a glance the presence of so few soldiers . But my employer was evidently nothing if not scholastical in his ideas ...
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Adams asked began boys Brighton brimstone and treacle Brooks Brummagem called Carthage country grammar course cricket discipline Ditcherly doctor door dormitory Dr Spick duty English master excuse eyes face fancy fault fear feel fellow felt Ferrier gave give going Gruyère half hand head heard heart hint honour hope hour humour keep knew lady Latin laugh learned less look Mardon Mary measles mind nature never night once pan-pipes pedagogues Pereira perhaps play poor Prefect present Principal punishment pupils quoth Rhadamanthus round scarlet fever scholastic school discipline schoolboys schoolmaster seemed showed silent Skinny soon sorry speak stood story sure taken tell things thought tion to-morrow Toby Toby's told tone took trouble trust turned uncle uncon urchins Vice-Principal voice Walker Warden wife word Worsley young young rascals youth
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Seite 293 - I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show : False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Seite 194 - Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle; And, therefore, little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your...
Seite 296 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 203 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Seite 307 - Heaven's sake, Hubert, let me not be bound ! Nay, hear me, Hubert ! drive these men away, And I will sit as quiet as a lamb.
Seite 264 - But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried 'Forward!
Seite 315 - And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Seite 192 - When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it ; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. In a...
Seite 229 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days...
Seite 281 - Shame that skulks behind; Or pining Love shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy with rankling tooth That inly gnaws the secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart.