"Double first" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... beg permission to wear the Sheriffian Order of the Diamond-eyed Pig of the Second Class. The Sun-Star of the Emerald Life-sized White Elephant of the Double First-Class has already been accepted by Herr VON POPOFF, as that gentleman, being a foreign subject, has no need to desire official authorisation to use his ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 20, 1892 • Various
... rather apprehensive on that point," said the old gentleman, "but mark the event. At the examination he came off most brilliantly in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and other things too; in fact, a double first-class man, as I think they ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow |
