Our Public Schools: Their Influence on English History; Charter House, Eton, Harrow, Merchant Taylors', Rugby, St. Paul's Westminster, WinchesterS. Sonnenschein & Company, limited, 1901 - 462 pages |
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... boys . Few beliefs could be further from the truth . Among the present Codds it is believed that there are only two public - school men - one a Carthusian " gown - boy " and the other a Wykehamist Colleger . The Public School ...
... boys . Few beliefs could be further from the truth . Among the present Codds it is believed that there are only two public - school men - one a Carthusian " gown - boy " and the other a Wykehamist Colleger . The Public School ...
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... gown - boy ( i.e. , Foundation Scholar ) at his work or his play would count the strokes , and when the bell rang only seventy - nine times , would call out- " A Codd dead ! " The gown - boys 1 Ter . Heaut . 5 , I , 4 . " 6 no longer ...
... gown - boy ( i.e. , Foundation Scholar ) at his work or his play would count the strokes , and when the bell rang only seventy - nine times , would call out- " A Codd dead ! " The gown - boys 1 Ter . Heaut . 5 , I , 4 . " 6 no longer ...
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... gown - boys dined on resurrection pie , " as they thoughtlessly dubbed it . As regards clothing , a gown - boy had the best of it . The gown - boy was supplied with everything down to his boots , while the Codd got nothing but his Chapel ...
... gown - boys dined on resurrection pie , " as they thoughtlessly dubbed it . As regards clothing , a gown - boy had the best of it . The gown - boy was supplied with everything down to his boots , while the Codd got nothing but his Chapel ...
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... boys met in their new home at Godalming . Having described the Codds and the Master , let us now devote a little time to the third member of this singular partnership on the Foundation - the gown - boy . Although it is the life of the gown ...
... boys met in their new home at Godalming . Having described the Codds and the Master , let us now devote a little time to the third member of this singular partnership on the Foundation - the gown - boy . Although it is the life of the gown ...
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... gown - boys ' experiences to resemble this . He had for breakfast milk , butter and a roll , and as many " beavers " ( extra rolls ) as he liked to call for . The word " beaver " or " beever " used to be found in the phraseology of ...
... gown - boys ' experiences to resemble this . He had for breakfast milk , butter and a roll , and as many " beavers " ( extra rolls ) as he liked to call for . The word " beaver " or " beever " used to be found in the phraseology of ...
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