Eton
['i:tən]
Examples
- Halliday and he were friends since Eton. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We had lived so long in the vicinity of Eton, that its population of young folks was well known to us. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Walter Scape was withdrawn from Eton and put into a merchant's house. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the beginning of winter our Alfred, now nine years of age, first went to school at Eton. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At Eton he was called Miss Crawley; and there, I am sorry to say, his younger brother Rawdon used to lick him violently. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, it was charming, answered the duke; with more of the brogue than was necessary, for a lad who had been bred at Eton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He had dressed himself fully, before going off, in his usual school suit of black Eton jacket and dark gray trousers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have added, therefore, from the accounts of Eton college, the prices of 1598, 1599, 1600, and 1601. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His grandfather was a royal duke, and he himself has been to Eton and Oxford. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Educated Eton and Oxford. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thus often, pushing my way with difficulty through the narrow snow-blocked town, I crossed the bridge and passed through Eton. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Martha