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<p><foreign>patres quod non potuere vetare</foreign>. An <foreign>Iudex prohibitiones</foreign> | |||
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was promulgated for his use: & with the exception of the | was promulgated for his use: & with the exception of the | ||
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to take any exact measure of the acquirements he has made | to take any exact measure of the acquirements he has made | ||
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<hi rend="superscript"> | <hi rend="superscript">to</hi>in the almost nothing of time that he has had for it: he | ||
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is pursuing his road with seven-leagued boots on his legs, towards | is pursuing his road with seven-leagued boots on his legs, towards | ||
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has existed a Society of the lower orders which meets weekly | has existed a Society of the lower orders which meets weekly | ||
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at a room in | at a room in G<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> Marlborough Street under the name of the society | ||
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for Mutual Improvement: it has a common Library, & occupies | for Mutual Improvement: it has a common Library, & occupies | ||
patres quod non potuere vetare. An Iudex prohibitiones
was promulgated for his use: & with the exception of the
Bible, the account book, & perhaps a book on book-keeping
every book whatsoever was inserted in it. Never were books
stolen from with more ingenuity, than with more obstinate
perseverance he stole to them. — It has not lain in my way
to take any exact measure of the acquirements he has made
toin the almost nothing of time that he has had for it: he
is pursuing his road with seven-leagued boots on his legs, towards
a possible Fellowship in the forcibly conjoined roads
of Greek & Mathematics. Political Logic, & Etymology are
those in which he has travelled longest & with most pleasure
& consequently with most success. I had like to have forgot
public speaking: it was that which produced the miraculous
conversion of his Father. For about these dozen years there
has existed a Society of the lower orders which meets weekly
at a room in Gt Marlborough Street under the name of the society
for Mutual Improvement: it has a common Library, & occupies
itself in debate. About 3 or 4 years ago without the
least suspicion on my part, it had the whimsical fancy to elect
me its Patron: the very existence of any such Society, being
unknown to me: & thus to enroll a sworn enemy to sinecurism
in the goodly fellowship of Sinecurists. Henry Rosser had
been some time a Member. He had given out a subject pro
proposing to speak upon it. His father found him out &
nitched himself in a snug corner unobserved to catch him
in flagrante delicto. He heard a speech of an hour & a half
long & went away in rapture. He declared that his son should
be a Gentleman; & that for that purpose he should be first a
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