Word: etonisms
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...Dean Inge's writings there are passages which portray a dangerously uneducated man, by which I mean, of course, not the natural man who has never been to school, but a monster who has been elaborately uneducated at Eton, Cambridge, Oxford and in the Church of England...
...began his career studying medicine, a profession from which he retired in 1882 at the age of 38. He had, too, been brought up in what is called the "old school": he went to Eton with half the Victorian aristocracy and then to Oxford with the other half. In other words, he "belonged"-a saying that implies equality within the hallowed circle of the blue blooded...
...Lewis Carroll exhibit has been arranged in the Widener Memorial Room and will be on display through next week. Manuscripts made while the author of "Alice in Wonderland" was a student at Eton and Oxford, Carroll's own copy of the first edition of the classic fairy tale, and the first rough draft for "Through the Looking Glass," are among the many treasures in the exhibition...
...While at Eton, Carroll regularly amused his brothers and sisters at home by writing and illustrating stories and poems, which he sent to them in the form of a magazine. An interesting side light on Carroll's sense of humor is given by the signatures under each drawing, for he signed his crude renderings with the names of great artists, such as Rembrandt, and Sir Joshua Reynolds...
...downhearted, the Kent boys prepared for invitation battles with Eton and Radley...