Moderations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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In 1862 he took a 1st class in Classical Moderations, and 1st Literæ Humaniores, 1864.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
Some Lapps advance to a kind of mystic Moderations, and the great sorcerers attain to Final Schools, and are Bachelors in Black Arts.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
In due course the gardener’s boy took a first class in Classical Moderations, and a first class also in Classical Greats.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
Well, well, for the present I have put you down for the lectures on Pass Moderations.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
In 1881, another Board School boy, having received the Greek and Latin certificate from the Universities Examining Board won a classical scholarship at St John’s, Oxford, and afterwards a First Class in Classical Moderations.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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