Word: donning
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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"In what sense do you say that time is wasted?" said our host at my left; "do you mean that you don't study, or that study is not a good investment for your time?"
"I mean both; somehow one can't study much at Cambridge; and, again, I don't believe that half of the courses can do me any good."
"O no! I assure you that all my friends to whom I have spoken on the subject - and we often talk about it, since we can now look back over our course - agree unanimously in saying that they have had quite enough of the undergraduate life. They don't think...
"But some young men do remain and take postgraduate courses, do they not? There is young X., who did not graduate till he was twenty-three, and then spent a year or so in travel and study previous to entering the Law School. He can't be admitted to the...
"Ah! but those you know are exceptional cases," said the Senior. "X. is one of those quiet fellows who never does anything but study. He positively seems to like it; and it is all very well for him, because his father is rich enough to let him study as long...