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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... sent to Eton , and out of gratitude to Dr. Cox who suggested this step to his father , he bequeathed a legacy to Dr. Cox's children . How the boy Sutton travelled from Lincoln , his native town , to Eton is not recorded , but the ...
... sent to Eton , and out of gratitude to Dr. Cox who suggested this step to his father , he bequeathed a legacy to Dr. Cox's children . How the boy Sutton travelled from Lincoln , his native town , to Eton is not recorded , but the ...
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... sent to Winchester . Two hundred years ago no line was drawn between wholesale and retail trading as it is now . This partly accounts for the fact which has puzzled some writers , that Izaak Walton , who was a linen - draper , should ...
... sent to Winchester . Two hundred years ago no line was drawn between wholesale and retail trading as it is now . This partly accounts for the fact which has puzzled some writers , that Izaak Walton , who was a linen - draper , should ...
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... sent to Charterhouse . If it were Lord Thurlow who selected a school for his nephew he made no blunder . Charterhouse was for 60 years - roughly speaking during the reign of George III .- " the crack school " for scholars . Dr. Walker's ...
... sent to Charterhouse . If it were Lord Thurlow who selected a school for his nephew he made no blunder . Charterhouse was for 60 years - roughly speaking during the reign of George III .- " the crack school " for scholars . Dr. Walker's ...
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... sent his sons to an English Public School , was Rufus King . He sent his two sons , both subsequently distinguished , to Harrow as a more democratic school ( in his opinion ) than Eton . In Mr. Rufus King's time an absurd distinction ...
... sent his sons to an English Public School , was Rufus King . He sent his two sons , both subsequently distinguished , to Harrow as a more democratic school ( in his opinion ) than Eton . In Mr. Rufus King's time an absurd distinction ...
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... brother lent him money with which he purchased his lieutenant- colonelcy . In 1796 Col. Arthur Wellesley was sent with his 1 See Merchant Taylors ' School . regiment to India . In that country he acquired his ETON . 55.
... brother lent him money with which he purchased his lieutenant- colonelcy . In 1796 Col. Arthur Wellesley was sent with his 1 See Merchant Taylors ' School . regiment to India . In that country he acquired his ETON . 55.
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