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I can say Schoolmaster, which is a most respectable title.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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Yes, probably the Schoolmaster was a notorious seditionist.
The Enormous Room 1928
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But I put my beliefs into a little book called The Schoolmaster, which made its way.
Escape, and Other Essays Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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I can say Schoolmaster, which is a most respectable title.
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841
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"Schoolmaster," Ascham explained how Socrates had described the anatomy of wit in a child, and the first essential quality mentioned by
A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman
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Verily, New England should treasure the memory of Ezekiel Cheever, the man who called himself "Schoolmaster," for she owes much to him.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884 Various
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'Schoolmaster's out after you, young gentleman,' said he, advising me to hurry along the road if I sought to baffle pursuit.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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With that sage exclamation, he headed into the Browny days and breasted them; and he had about him the living foamy sparkle of the very time, until the Countess of Ormont breathed the word "Schoolmaster"; when, at once, it was dusty land where buoyant waters had been, and the armies of the facts, in uniform drab, with some feathers and laces, and a significant surpliced figure, decorously covering the wildest of
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868
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'Schoolmaster's out after you, young gentleman,' said he, advising me to hurry along the road if I sought to baffle pursuit.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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'Schoolmaster's out after you, young gentleman,' said he, advising me to hurry along the road if I sought to baffle pursuit.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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