Five Years in an English University, Volume 2G. P. Putnam, 1852 |
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... called in Latin controversia , and in English cross purposes . For the term education is a tolerably com- prehensive one , covers a great deal of ground , and may be taken in a great many different acceptations . Ask one man to define ...
... called in Latin controversia , and in English cross purposes . For the term education is a tolerably com- prehensive one , covers a great deal of ground , and may be taken in a great many different acceptations . Ask one man to define ...
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... called upon , without stumbling over his own words and making himself and every one else uncom- fortable , as an Englishman is apt to do on such occasions . And here , I think , lies the English error on this point ; they regard a ...
... called upon , without stumbling over his own words and making himself and every one else uncom- fortable , as an Englishman is apt to do on such occasions . And here , I think , lies the English error on this point ; they regard a ...
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... called in University slang . Even a little hypocrisy would seem decent in such cases . The idea of going into Christ's ministry as a mere business , of being " put into one of the priests ' offices for a piece of bread , " without ...
... called in University slang . Even a little hypocrisy would seem decent in such cases . The idea of going into Christ's ministry as a mere business , of being " put into one of the priests ' offices for a piece of bread , " without ...
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... called High Churchmen ; Eton men who were yet more eclectic and had trained themselves nullius jurare in verba magistri . Men who differed in many things but agreed in being sincere Christians whether you regarded their faith or their ...
... called High Churchmen ; Eton men who were yet more eclectic and had trained themselves nullius jurare in verba magistri . Men who differed in many things but agreed in being sincere Christians whether you regarded their faith or their ...
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... called , * assumed under the hands of its restorers . The often * It is sometimes mentioned in old deeds as " ecclesia rotunda . " The more ancient part of the building is an exact circle . There are three similar round churches in ...
... called , * assumed under the hands of its restorers . The often * It is sometimes mentioned in old deeds as " ecclesia rotunda . " The more ancient part of the building is an exact circle . There are three similar round churches in ...
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