Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster, 1849-1855Edward Arnold, 1903 - 232 pàgines |
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... brothers at the school at this time - Walter , then a ' senior ' ; and Everard , then a ' second election . ' When school commenced I was told to take my place behind the ' examination - table . ' After After prayers I stood up behind ...
... brothers at the school at this time - Walter , then a ' senior ' ; and Everard , then a ' second election . ' When school commenced I was told to take my place behind the ' examination - table . ' After After prayers I stood up behind ...
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... brother in the house , the very opposite to himself in appearance , short , stout , and with well - rounded cheeks . He rejoiced in the name of Cheeks , or sometimes Young Cheeks . Old Mac heard me call young Mac Young Cheeks ...
... brother in the house , the very opposite to himself in appearance , short , stout , and with well - rounded cheeks . He rejoiced in the name of Cheeks , or sometimes Young Cheeks . Old Mac heard me call young Mac Young Cheeks ...
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... brother , Alfred Markham , succeeded in inscribing his name on the outer circle desk of the Fourth Form by hammering the side of a chisel into the wood . When had up for it , he pleaded ' Not guilty , ' swearing that he had not cut it ...
... brother , Alfred Markham , succeeded in inscribing his name on the outer circle desk of the Fourth Form by hammering the side of a chisel into the wood . When had up for it , he pleaded ' Not guilty , ' swearing that he had not cut it ...
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... brother of his , Osborne Markham , in 1783. I only wish that their descendants had been equally clever , but their mantles had not fallen on either my father's generation or my own . The south side of Little Dean's Yard was occupied by ...
... brother of his , Osborne Markham , in 1783. I only wish that their descendants had been equally clever , but their mantles had not fallen on either my father's generation or my own . The south side of Little Dean's Yard was occupied by ...
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... brother oarsman , poor Lewis Williams : You and Markham row in the same boat , and if you wish to be watermen , you had better go and be apprenticed at once . ' I can remember the nasal tone of his voice when he made this rather bitter ...
... brother oarsman , poor Lewis Williams : You and Markham row in the same boat , and if you wish to be watermen , you had better go and be apprenticed at once . ' I can remember the nasal tone of his voice when he made this rather bitter ...
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