10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPOSTOR»
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prepostor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Tom Brown's School Days:
There stands the Schoolhouse prepostor, safest of goal keepers,and Tom Brown
byhisside, who haslearned histrade by this time. Now is your time, Tom. The
blood of all the Browns is up, andthe two rushin together, andthrow
themselvesonthe ...
There stands the School-house prepostor, safest of goal-keepers, and Tom
Brown by his side, who has learned his trade by this time. Now is your time, Tom.
The blood of all the Browns is up, and the two rush in together, and throw
themselves ...
3
The Encouragement of learning
The Upper Prepostor shall be particularly spoken of. The Upper Prepostor calls
over the boys' names at absence, delivers the rod to the Master when he
punishes a boy (at the same time one or two of the other Prepostors attend to
assist at the ...
4
An historical study of British and continental critical ...
The Upper Prepostor calls over the boys' names at absence, delivers the rod to
the Master, when he punishes a boy, at the same time one or two of the other
Prepostors attend to assist at the execution. The Upper Prepostor walks round
the ...
Alfred Bowen Badger, 1933
Every precept of schoolboy honour, one would have thought, would require the
prepostor to conceal the absence of his classmate, and in fact it was clear that, if
the master was to have any confidence that he was not being deceived, he had to
...
6
A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
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7
The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham
At 10 the prepostor of school shouts, 'Get up for prayers.' Standing on either side
of school, they follow the words of a leader named by the prepostor. Then two
and two they go to Hall; and dinner over, return to school in the same order.
8
Anecdotes of the Five Music-Meetings, on account of the ...
In a manner, not unlike a boy at Winchester school, who was suspected to have
been guilty of having purloined something from a school-fellow, and being
examined, with others of the same chamber, upon it, by the Prepostor, contracted
his ...
William Hayes, William HANBURY, 1768
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See POSE, para 16. prepositor, prepositure; prepostor. See PosE, para l6
prepossess, whence, anl, prepossessing. See PossEss, para 2. preposterous.
See POSTERIOR, s.f. prepotence, prepotent. See POSSE, para 4. prepuce,
whence the ...
10
The Schools of Medieval England
“St. JohnLateran before the Latingate”, 6 May, “brings many advantages,forfrom
nowafter dinner theyhad a siestain school, until the prepostor ofhall and the
ostiariuscall out'Get up'(Surgite) at 3 p.m., when they have beavers orbever,” an ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPOSTOR»
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Can Seahawks Stay Undefeated Against Colts?
“I'm thinking of calling him Prepostor Russ Wilson now, because he does things that no other quarterback in the league does,” he said. «KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest, Oct 13»
