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Page 148
... Asheton , a fellow in the eight in the upper division of the fifth form , and a captain of my tutor's house . I think it better to premise , however , that this tale is not destined to commemo- rate adventures of my own , but those of a ...
... Asheton , a fellow in the eight in the upper division of the fifth form , and a captain of my tutor's house . I think it better to premise , however , that this tale is not destined to commemo- rate adventures of my own , but those of a ...
Page 149
... Asheton was a downright puzzle ; for Asheton being captain of the house , and entitled to four fags , might have chosen any one he pleased and was under no compulsion whatever to select Jickling , who blacked his toast for him , spilled ...
... Asheton was a downright puzzle ; for Asheton being captain of the house , and entitled to four fags , might have chosen any one he pleased and was under no compulsion whatever to select Jickling , who blacked his toast for him , spilled ...
Page 150
... Asheton did well ; and what Ashe- admire , and copy ; the more so as Asheton ton did well , Jickling was morally certain was always trim , always speckless , always to do wrong . Asheton was a quiet and glossy , whatever befell - even ...
... Asheton did well ; and what Ashe- admire , and copy ; the more so as Asheton ton did well , Jickling was morally certain was always trim , always speckless , always to do wrong . Asheton was a quiet and glossy , whatever befell - even ...
Page 151
... Asheton's room . " " If I waited a week he wouldn't be greenable , " answered Jickling , coolly ; and saying this , he turned one of the pockets of his trousers inside out , and proceeded to remove a piece of Everton toffee that was ...
... Asheton's room . " " If I waited a week he wouldn't be greenable , " answered Jickling , coolly ; and saying this , he turned one of the pockets of his trousers inside out , and proceeded to remove a piece of Everton toffee that was ...
Page 152
... Asheton , Winner of the Pulling . worsted squirrel being realistically repre- Floreat Etona . " In the way of furniture , sented by a blotch of meandering sealing- provided by our tutor , and destined to wax . Then the upper - boy ...
... Asheton , Winner of the Pulling . worsted squirrel being realistically repre- Floreat Etona . " In the way of furniture , sented by a blotch of meandering sealing- provided by our tutor , and destined to wax . Then the upper - boy ...
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Page 284 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
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Page 68 - A nun demure of lowly port; Or sprightly maiden, of Love's court, In thy simplicity the sport Of all temptations; A queen in crown of rubies drest ; A starveling in a scanty vest; Are all, as seems to suit thee best, Thy appellations.
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Page 408 - To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke ; Then to subdue and quell, o'er all the earth, Brute violence and proud tyrannic power, Till truth were freed, and equity restored...
Page 68 - To every natural form, rock, fruit, or flower, Even the loose stones that cover the highway, I gave a moral life : I saw them feel, Or linked them to some feeling : the great mass Lay bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning.
Page 69 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
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