The Quarterly Review, Volume 171William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1890 |
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... believe that the Battle of Waterloo was won in the Playing Fields , and that ' Pop ' was the training ground of orators . At any rate , without affirming that public schoolmen owe all to the school at which they were brought up , or ...
... believe that the Battle of Waterloo was won in the Playing Fields , and that ' Pop ' was the training ground of orators . At any rate , without affirming that public schoolmen owe all to the school at which they were brought up , or ...
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... , contains only the following : ' An ABC , vii . Psalms , Donat , Accidius , Cato , a " Doctrinal . " Gargantua's library was almost as meagre . Winchester , Winchester , and we may believe that it was the 6 Eton College .
... , contains only the following : ' An ABC , vii . Psalms , Donat , Accidius , Cato , a " Doctrinal . " Gargantua's library was almost as meagre . Winchester , Winchester , and we may believe that it was the 6 Eton College .
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... believe that it was the recollection of his own youth , as well as the facilities given by his position as Bishop of Winchester , which made him choose that city as the site of his new Foundation . The Oxford Foundation has nothing ...
... believe that it was the recollection of his own youth , as well as the facilities given by his position as Bishop of Winchester , which made him choose that city as the site of his new Foundation . The Oxford Foundation has nothing ...
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... believe that , even for Shelley , some of the gentle influences of Eton brought comfort , and that , if the schools were hateful to him , ' the fresh May dawn , ' and the ' glittering grass ' of the Playing Fields , which witnessed his ...
... believe that , even for Shelley , some of the gentle influences of Eton brought comfort , and that , if the schools were hateful to him , ' the fresh May dawn , ' and the ' glittering grass ' of the Playing Fields , which witnessed his ...
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... believe that some of his successor's difficulties were due . That successor was Keate . What manner of man was Keate ? He belongs to ancient history as much as Mr. Pitt or Dr. Johnson , and yet it is not sixty years ago since he changed ...
... believe that some of his successor's difficulties were due . That successor was Keate . What manner of man was Keate ? He belongs to ancient history as much as Mr. Pitt or Dr. Johnson , and yet it is not sixty years ago since he changed ...
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