"Quad" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... again moved into new rooms at Christ Church; the suite which he occupied from this date to the end of his life was one of the best in the College. Situated at the north-west corner of Tom Quad, on the first floor of the staircase from the entrance to which the Junior Common Room is now approached, they consist of four sitting-rooms and about an equal number of bedrooms, besides rooms for lumber, &c. From the upper floor one can easily reach the flat college roof. Mr. ...
— The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll • Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
... by M. Quad in the Detroit Free Press, will be new to some of our readers, and will, we think, be appreciated ...
— A Man of Samples • Wm. H. Maher
... tell you something must be done;—we must act; just let me ring the bell, and send the men word that I'll speak to them in the quad." ...
— The Warden • Anthony Trollope
... on the polar side of that Houston quad and if you are any account, I'll give you a job at seventy dollars ...
— Danger Signals • John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
... suppose it's no good talking. Only if you think I shan't mind if you get yourself put in quad, you're jolly well mistaken. Hullo, ...
— Elizabeth's Campaign • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit}, smaller than a {nybble}. Considered silly. Syn. {tayste}. General discussion of ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... primum sciant ad inscriptionem operis immutandam non levioribus de causis,& quod formam epistolae, non autem libri, in quo praecepta tradantur, vel ex ipso principio prae se ferat, & quod in vetustis exemplaribus Epistolarum libros subsequatur, & quad etiam summi et praestantissimi homines ita sentiant, & quod minime nobis obstet Quintiliani testimonium, ut nonnullis videtur. Nam si librum appellat Quintilianus, non est cur non possit inter epistolas enumerari, cum et ...
— The Art Of Poetry An Epistle To The Pisos - Q. Horatii Flacci Epistola Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica. • Horace
... still lingered in the cloisters, she fancied she saw creeping from pillar to pillar a child's figure; could it possibly be Titia's? Yes, it certainly was Titia herself, stealing through two sides of the quad-rectangle and under the archway ...
— Christian's Mistake • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
... That useful work, Men of the Time, tells me that the Poet was educated at Westminster and Christ Church—facts that in themselves suggest a column of copy about Football at Vincent Square, the mysteries of Seniors, Juniors, and Second Election, and the glories and humours of Tom's Quad. Not much trouble about that. So far, plain sailing. Bolingbroke Square, too, helps one along. Historical reminiscences, Pimlico in time of Romans, ditto Normans, ditto when ELIZABETH was Queen. All this can be ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., Dec. 20, 1890 • Various |
