Moderations
Britishplural noun
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Almost immediately after reaching college I was "in the Schools" for "Moderations," but did very well, as I had employed every available moment in preparing myself.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
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
Well, well, for the present I have put you down for the lectures on Pass Moderations.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
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 T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
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
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