Thanks to the drivelling idiotcy of Warminster, who doesn't even know the feminine genitive of _corpus_, he scraped through; and, as he couldn't do much worse than Coxhead, he did a shade better.'" "All very well," growled Coxhead, "he did a jolly sight better than you." "'Coxhead, who is hereby expelled for using slang, was, as usual, down with the paupers at the bottom.

A town cad called Brown, who managed to conceal his cribs, came out first, and it was decided to tack Sarah on to him.

Trimble, as might be expected, came a cropper in his English grammar--'" "A cram! They never examined us in it!" "There you are; you don't even know it when you see it--'came a cropper in his English grammar.'" "I tell you I didn't," expostulated Trimble.

"Shut up." "Shut what up ?" "Yourself." "Come and shut me." A warm argument ensued, which knocked over the table, and was only composed by my reminding the club that we didn't want to disturb the peace of the new cock of the house on his first night.
"All right," said Langrish, "where was I?
--'English grammar.

Purkis, not having paid his subscription, naturally came out too low to be classed, but to give him a lift he was allowed to be stuck in between Trim and Coxhead, who being outsiders at the best of times, had plenty of room for another.'" "All very well--what sort of howler did _you_ come ?" asked the outraged Purkis.
"'It being considered well to stick one Selkirker into the list, the hon.