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'' | <p>that whatever belongs to the college far from being free for the<lb/> | ||
use of all the individuals, belongs only to the fellows. instead<lb/> | |||
therefore of letting the under-Graduates have the use of the Te-<lb/> | |||
-lescope, the Fellows ha<add>d</add>ve it entirely to themselves, so that we<lb/> | |||
had no hopes of seeing this remarkable <sic>Phaen<add>om</add>emon</sic> which it was<lb/> | |||
allmost impossible we should ever have an Opportunity of<lb/> | |||
seeing again in our lives as it will not happen again this 160<lb/> | |||
Years and more. but I and two others of my Acquaintance, thin-<lb/> | |||
-king it unreasonable that we should not see it as well as the<lb/> | |||
rest of y<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> College, at about 1/4 after 6 stole up the common-<lb/> | |||
-room stairs and marched up to the leads were the fellows<lb/> | |||
had brought the Telescope for the convenience of observing the<lb/> | |||
<sic>Phaenomenon</sic>. there we found only D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | |||
of arts of his hall, by good luck <add>as the Fellows were gone to prayers</add>, who very obligingly <sic>offer'd</sic> to<lb/> | |||
<sic>shew</sic> it us, but unluckily the Sun just then happened to pop his<lb/> | |||
head uder a cloud, and we could not get to see it again 'till<lb/> | |||
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 Te-
-lescope, 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, thin-
-king 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
of 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 uder a cloud, and we could not get to see it again 'till
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1761-06-12 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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