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Examples
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The six months of his schoolmastership were a period of great activity.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895 Ida M. Tarbell 1900
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Many years later I heard that Dicky had been retired, a little prematurely, from his former schoolmastership because of a suspicion of pederasty.
The Chicago Blog: Learning Greek and Latin in Dublin Schools 2007
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Many years later I heard that Dicky had been retired, a little prematurely, from his former schoolmastership because of a suspicion of pederasty.
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This is the system and this the schoolmastership expressly sanctioned by the Bishops of London and Chester.
An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles Charles Southwell
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In the spring of 1826, with the profits of his schoolmastership, he went to Europe, and traveled there a little more than a year.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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Ezekiel began his studies and entered college the year Daniel graduated; but the resources were running low, so low that the law had to be abandoned and money earned without delay; and hence the schoolmastership.
Daniel Webster Henry Cabot Lodge 1887
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Ezekiel began his studies and entered college the year Daniel graduated; but the resources were running low, so low that the law had to be abandoned and money earned without delay; and hence the schoolmastership.
Daniel Webster Lodge, Henry Cabot 1883
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Well, now I must look out for that imaginary schoolmastership, and see what I can do for dear
Philistia Grant Allen 1873
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Nothing remains for me but schoolmastership in a large town or my present plan.
Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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