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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... so men of genius , whose influence has been felt throughout a school , may be neglected , whilst characters ' with salient oddities such as strike the youthful mind are remembered longer than their betters strike 2 Eton College .
... so men of genius , whose influence has been felt throughout a school , may be neglected , whilst characters ' with salient oddities such as strike the youthful mind are remembered longer than their betters strike 2 Eton College .
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... mind are remembered longer than their betters . Mr. Lyte's book is interesting as well as amusing ; but he has to use what materials come to hand , and they are mostly anecdotical or archæological . A history of Eton , if the docu ...
... mind are remembered longer than their betters . Mr. Lyte's book is interesting as well as amusing ; but he has to use what materials come to hand , and they are mostly anecdotical or archæological . A history of Eton , if the docu ...
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... mind to the creation of a college at Eton or at Cambridge . It is recorded that John Langton , Master of Pem- broke Hall and one of the King's Chaplains , ' fundari procuravit King's College at Cambridge , but this may mean no more than ...
... mind to the creation of a college at Eton or at Cambridge . It is recorded that John Langton , Master of Pem- broke Hall and one of the King's Chaplains , ' fundari procuravit King's College at Cambridge , but this may mean no more than ...
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... mind and vigorous accuracy , and it was well known that if an exercise came into school badly altered , he pointed out the mistakes in " Chambers " to the terror of negligent tutors . He may at least be said to have been the main , if ...
... mind and vigorous accuracy , and it was well known that if an exercise came into school badly altered , he pointed out the mistakes in " Chambers " to the terror of negligent tutors . He may at least be said to have been the main , if ...
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... minds , to take the place of the degrading amusements of our ancestors . Volunteer drill , cricket , cycling , and ... mind or a well - balanced moral character ; it is not even always found combined with practical knowledge of affairs ...
... minds , to take the place of the degrading amusements of our ancestors . Volunteer drill , cricket , cycling , and ... mind or a well - balanced moral character ; it is not even always found combined with practical knowledge of affairs ...
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