Moderations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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On November 1st he won a Boulter scholarship, and at the end of the following year obtained First Class Honours in Mathematics and a Second in Classical Moderations.
From The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
In 1876 he took a First Class in Classical Moderations, always a sufficient proof of sound learning, and, in 1878, he took a First Class in Literae Humaniores.
From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome
He had managed to achieve a second class in Moderations, and he had now in view a term of cricket whose energy might fortunately be crowned with a blue.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
Well, well, for the present I have put you down for the lectures on Pass Moderations.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
His first encounter with the examiners, in "Classical Moderations," was only partially successful.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by George William Erskine Russell
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