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that whatever belongs to the college far from being free for the
use of all the individuals, belongs only to the fellows. instead
therefore of letting the under-Graduates have the use of the Telescope,
the Fellows hadve it entirely to themselves, so that we
had no hopes of seeing this remarkable Phaenomemon which it was
allmost impossible we should ever have an Opportunity of
seeing again in our lives as it will not happen again this 160
Years and more. but I and two others of my Acquaintance, thinking
it unreasonable that we should not see it as well as the
rest of yr College, at about 1/4 after 6 stole up the common-
-room stairs and marched up to the leads were the fellows
had brought the Telescope for the convenience of observing the
Phaenomenon. there we found only Dr Dixon and a Master
if arts of his hall, by good luck as the Fellows were gone to prayers, who very obligingly offer'd to
shew it us, but unluckily the Sun just then happened to pop his
head under a cloud, and we could not get to see it again 'till
the Senior Fellow Mr Kraile came up thither, there behaved civilly enough, as he could not then very well turn
us out again: (I should have told you that there was among us
three one who had just taken our his batchelor's degree, which was
of some service to us in our enterprize) and then in came the
whole posse of Fellows from prayers; however we got a sight of it
at last; and then went down Triumphantly and told our Acquaitance
of it, and that put some others upon going, and at last they

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Date_1	1761-06-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	128	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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