Ascham
Americannoun
noun
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Reporters discovered that Roberts had checked in at Sydney's swanky Glen Ascham Hotel under an assumed name.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ascham, an exclusive private girls' school in Sydney's east, endured a public row earlier in the year when a group of its high-flying parents demanded a greater say in the school council's choice of headmistress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then they had a long talk, and the Lady Jane told Roger Ascham how she loved her books and lessons, and how thankful she was for her kind master.
From Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
Ascham informs us that his royal pupil Elizabeth understood Greek better than the canons of Windsor; and, doubtless, while the queen was translating Isocrates, the ladies in waiting were parsing.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
Ascham, indeed, was fain to apologise for having written in English, and offered the king, Henry the Eighth, to make a Greek or a Latin version of his “Toxophilus,” if his grace chose.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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