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Дата написания1970-01-01
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Cobs: balls peculiarly bowled.

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714

Innings: turns for using the bat.

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715

Topping: wonderful.

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716

"The Knights": a Greek comedy by Aristoph´anes.

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717

Set-tos: fights or encounters of any kind.

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718

Leg-bail: part of the wicket.

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719

To leg: to the left and rear.

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720

Draws: good play by the batsman.

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721

Hard away for six: to the best advantage.

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722

Herodotus: an early Greek writer, "the father of history."

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723

Don Quixote: a Spanish romance.

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724

Habeas corpus: a writ for bringing a prisoner before a judge and inquiring into the cause of his detention, its object being to prevent illegal imprisonment.

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725

Flat: fool.

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726

Turf-cart: Tom, with the other boys, used to decorate the "island" in the school-grounds with turf and flowers, which they stole "out of all the gardens in Rugby for the Easter show." They took the "turf-cart" for this purpose. The "island," by the way, no longer exists.

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727

Worships: here, mock titles of honor.

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728

Leg-bye: the ball glances from the batsman's leg.

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729

Swiping: not a scientific hit.

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730

His play: his skill.

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731

Winter can get in: before Winter can get a chance to play.

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732

Town: London.

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733

Snuggery: a small, cosy room.

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734

Hob: that part of a grate on which things are placed to be kept hot.

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735

King's College Chapel: a chapel of King's College, Cambridge. It is celebrated for its architectural beauty.

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736

Nestor: oldest member of the School.

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737

The twenty: the fifth form.

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738

Constitutional authority: here, the authority established by school customs.

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739

Constituted authorities: here, the upper-class boys.

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740

Dogmatically: positively.

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741

Toryism: here, adherence to the established customs of the School.

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742

Vested: long established; fixed.

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743

Thomas Carlyle: a distinguished British author, died 1881. One of his best-known books is "Heroes and Hero Worship."

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744

Chaired: here, carried.

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745

Skye: an island off the west coast of Scotland.

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746

Scrub: stunted shrubs.

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747

Shingle: a pebbly beach.

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748

Hostelry: inn.

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749

Corn-laws: laws imposing a heavy tax on imported grain. They made bread dear, and caused great distress among the laboring classes in England.

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750

Sliding-scales and fixed duties: different kinds of revenue tax.

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751

Goodwood: a famous annual horse-race.

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752

Flies: artificial flies used as bait.

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753

Arnold: Dr. Arnold died suddenly at the School on Sunday morning, June 12, 1842, the day before his forty-seventh birthday.

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754

Cast: throw.

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755

Listlessly: carelessly.

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756

Parley: conversation.

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757

Offices: servants' apartments.

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758

Hieroglyphics: here, writing not easily read.

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759

Chapel: the late Matthew Arnold wrote the following lines on his father's tomb in the chapel: —

"O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force. Surely, has not been left vain! Somewhere, surely, afar. In the sounding labor-house vast Of being, is practised that strength. Zealous, beneficent, firm! "Yes, in some far-shining sphere. Conscious or not of the past. Still thou performest the word Of the Spirit in whom thou dost live, — Prompt, unwearied, as here! "Still thou upraises! with zeal The humble good from the ground. Sternly repressest the bad! Still, like a trumpet, dost rouse Those who with half-open eyes Tread the border-land dim 'Twixt vice and virtue; reviv'st, Succorest! – this was thy work. ' This was thy life upon earth.' "But thou would'st not alone Be saved, my father! alone Conquer and come to thy goal. Leaving the rest in the wild. Therefore to thee it was given Many to save with thyself: And at the end of thy days, O faithful shepherd! to come. Bringing thy sheep in thy hand."

Rugby Chapel, November, 1857.—Matthew Arnold.

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760

Gad-fly: a gad-fly sent by Juno to torment Io, a beautiful maiden whom Jupiter had transformed into a heifer.

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761

Pall: lose strength.

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762

Round tower: the entrance to the head-master's residence at Rugby is through this tower over which a flag generally flies.

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763

Vestibule: entrance hall or anteroom.

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764

Birth-right: here, the highest manhood. (See Ephesians iv. 13.)

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