T. Hughes

Cited as T. Hughes. — 13 quotations

The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.

I've floored my little-go work.

He set to work . . . without gradus or other help.

Turning him out for a graze on the common.

A man of his age and heft.

I performed some services to the college in return for my keep.

Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute.

For shunting your late partner on to me.

The long, steady sweep of the so-called “paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

We have been thick ever since.

Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.

I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days.

With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe.