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Definition of Collegians
1. collegian [n] - See also: collegian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collegians
Literary usage of Collegians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life and Gospel Labours of Stephen Grellet by Stephen Grellet, Benjamin Seebohm (1862)
"Many of the collegians gave their attendance, together with the ... Several of
the collegians spoke to us after the meeeting, with Christian tenderness. ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... collegians, along with a mob of other people ; they were very rude, both in
words and actions, as generally that sort everywhere are : And it is a ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"HOW MYLES MURPHY IS HEARD ON BEHALF OF HIS PONIES From <The collegians ' PAT
FALVEY, supposing that he had remained a sufficient time without to prevent the ..."
4. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1844)
"... collegians. READER, hast thou a clock—an honest, square-faced clock—a genuine
son of the true Yankee breed ? Thou hast; and, often as thou ..."
5. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"From ' The collegians.' A familiar incident of Irish pastoral life occasioned an
interruption in this part of the legend. Two blooming country girls, ..."
6. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Gerald Griffin, The collegians. T. Crofton Croker's Fairy Legends and Killarney
Legends. IV. English fiction : Miss Mitford's Our Village. ..."
7. Fables de Florian by Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1888)
"FABLE XXXIII THE LEARNED collegians. An owl drawn from his hiding-place By students
in pursuit of knowledge, Was made to show his sapient face Within the ..."
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