Ascham
Americannoun
noun
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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
Reporters discovered that Roberts had checked in at Sydney's swanky Glen Ascham Hotel under an assumed name.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roger Ascham was truly what Pope has described Gay to have been, “in wit a man, simplicity a child;” and he has developed his own character in his letters.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
His early going to Oxford—Old Ascham on quick wit and education—Life at a University—The Queen at Oxford—To the wars in France—Henry Champernoun—Stories of the wars.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
This was an age when the ingenious clung to a patron; the widow and the son of Ascham found the benefits of this testamentary recommendation.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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