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  • You have heard me often talk of Stratford; we were class-fellows at school and university.

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • My two class-fellows were poor, and dependent for their future prospects at the university on the recommendation of the head-master; but I, who had a small patrimonial property, the income of which was sufficient to support me at college, wished to be sent thither immediately.

    Confessions of an English Opium-Eater 2003

  • Ferrers turned pale, but the doctor's steady gaze was upon him, and all his class-fellows awaited his reply -- visions of disgrace, contempt, and scorn were before him, and there was no restraining power from within to check him, as he hastily replied, "On my word of honor, sir."

    Louis' School Days A Story for Boys

  • Ferrers was invisible till the next evening, when he joined his class-fellows at prayers.

    Louis' School Days A Story for Boys

  • Frank Digby's indifference and idleness during the term had made him so unwilling that he should, by mere force of natural ability, deprive his more industrious class-fellows of a hard-earned honor, that he had not felt himself justified in listening to the recommendation, but hoped that his talents would, the following term, be exerted from the beginning, in which case, he should have pleasure in awarding to him the meed of successful application.

    Louis' School Days A Story for Boys

  • Arjuna, however, from devotion to the science of arms, always stayed by the side of his preceptor, and in skill, strength of arms, and perseverance, excelled all (his class-fellows).

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • "Come, Frank, have done," cried one of his class-fellows, "can't you leave Louis Mortimer alone -- it doesn't signify to you."

    Louis' School Days A Story for Boys

  • Arjuna, however, from devotion to the science of arms, always stayed by the side of his preceptor, and in skill, strength of arms, and perseverance, excelled all (his class-fellows).

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • His class-fellows were in the same predicament as himself, and as they had barely time to write a necessary exercise, they agreed among themselves to learn each his own piece of the lesson they had to repeat.

    Louis' School Days A Story for Boys

  • And I heard suppressed giggles, and knew that my class-fellows were enjoying the exquisite agony of forcing back their laughter.

    Tell England A Study in a Generation Ernest Raymond 1931

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