But the little old woman walkedup to Dorothy, made a low bow and said, in a sweet voice, “You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins.[…]”
1836 March –1837 October,Charles Dickens, “Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, that Adversity brings a Man acquainted with strange Bed-fellows. Likewise containing Mr. Pickwick’s extraordinary and startling announcement to Mr. Samuel Weller.”, inThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London:Chapman and Hall,[…], published1837,→OCLC,page447:
“Oh,” said Mr. Pickwick. “My what, did you say?” “Your chummage ticket,” replied Mr. Roker; “you’reup to that?” “Not quite,” replied Mr. Pickwick, with a smile. “Why,” said Mr. Roker, “it’s as plain as Salisbury. You’ll have a chummage ticket upon twenty-seven in the third, and them as is in the room will be your chums.”
(Eton College) Taught by; in the class of.
1899, Alfred Lubbock, Robin Lubbock,Memories of Eton and Etonians (page 62)
I wasup to Mr. Wayte, and, although he was a fairly easy and by no means strict master,[…]
2022, Maurice Baring,The Puppet Show of Memory:
I wasup to Mr. Luxmoore, who was to be a lifelong friend. The last days of my last half were like a dream. I was hardly conscious of the reality of things, and I did not yet fully realise that my Eton life was coming to an end[…]
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