‘After all, he is an Old Wykehamist or something.’. From Wordnik.com. [Tour de Force]
He spoke in the unmistakable tones of the old Wykehamist. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
He wore a faultlessly-tailored dark-blue suit and an Old Wykehamist tie. From Wordnik.com. [Tour de Force]
I'm a Wykehamist, you know - and that was your doin ', believe it or not!. From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
Pritt, a Wykehamist barrister who became a bencher of the Middle Temple, was indeed a pure fellow-traveller. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother with a High Moral Sense] Reference
Blognor Regis has, with only a few errors, named and shamed the public schoolboys of the blogging fraternity; although he does omit one notable Wykehamist. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
I had some interesting comments on my recent education post; not the least fun was the joy which I felt when I saw that the Old Wykehamist had risen to the bait!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
The superb staff of the pious and munificent founder of the two St. Marie Winton Colleges is still preserved at Oxford, as is also that of the illustrious Wykehamist, Bp. Fox, to whose devotion we owe. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850] Reference
The bold clump of trees on the summit, so characteristic of the chalk hills, is visible for miles and takes the place of towers and spires to the returning Wykehamist, eager for his first glimpse of Winton. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
What do I care for fashion? 'cried the Wykehamist. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Calf] Reference
After some conversation with the elder Wykehamist, the Warden called. From Wordnik.com. [The Armourer's Prentices] Reference
The broad-shouldered Wykehamist, utterly unnerved, sat by the bed trembling from head to foot. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Connie] Reference
Every Wykehamist remembers the ancient and picturesque mills of Winchester, with the mill-stream bridged by the main street. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist on the Thames] Reference
There is present today at this luncheon, an old Wykehamist who lived in the same house as I lived in myself for seven years. From Wordnik.com. [An Address by Mr. A.J. Adams] Reference
A school chum draws attention to Seumas Milne who is an Old Wykehamist (Winchester College) and at Balliol, Oxford, another mentions the. From Wordnik.com. [Conservative Party Reptile] Reference
For an instance let me give you the beautiful Wykehamist motto Manners Makyeth Man, wherein manners originally meant no more than morals. From Wordnik.com. [XI. English Literature in Our Universities (II)] Reference
Now Howley was a prefect when Sydney was a junior, and this game of chess must have been (as a living Wykehamist has pointed out to me) “a command performance.”. From Wordnik.com. [Sydney Smith]
"When he very nearly settled you, Jim," laughed a Wykehamist, a powerfully built fellow, who had just got his Blue for the Eleven, had been supping freely and was in a mood for any riotous deed. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Connie] Reference
Rather more than a generation ago, an historically minded Wykehamist tried to revive the proper style of his college, and headed all his letters "The College, of St. Mary of Winchester, Oxford.". From Wordnik.com. [The Charm of Oxford] Reference
He was the son of a Wykehamist, who had become the greatest of Head Masters; he himself was both a Wykehamist and a Rugbeian; he was the brother of three Rugbeians, and the father of three Harrovians. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Arnold] Reference
Mr. Parsons likewise perceived a straight-forwardness in the manner, which made him ready to acknowledge his fellow-Wykehamist and his son's acquaintance; and they quickly became good friends over recollections of. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference
The Pope's decision to lift the excommunication on an English-born Old Wykehamist who denies the Holocaust reached Britain's Parliament today where it was condemned in the strongest possible terms by MPs on all sides of the House of Commons. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
He was only nineteen when he fell, at an age when, on the one hand, more precocious verse than his has been written, and when yet, on the other, some of the greatest poets had not achieved a mastery of words equal to that already possessed by this young Wykehamist. From Wordnik.com. [Some Diversions of a Man of Letters] Reference
“Not well,” he added; “he was at Eton and I’m a Wykehamist. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
Wykehamist word), the Major allowed the other side to gain a far more serious victory. From Wordnik.com. [Shandygaff] Reference
But "-- and he glanced over his shoulder and rubbed the small of his back expressively," as a Wykehamist, you will not have me late at names-calling. ". From Wordnik.com. [Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756] Reference
Besides, Mr. Parsons is a Wykehamist. '. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference
Lake, his friend and brother Wykehamist. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
Wykehamist, moi?. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
With the name of Wykehamist. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Charm of Oxford] Reference
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