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An Enquiry Into The Origin And Meaning Of Several Cant Terms And Phrases In Use In The University Of Cambridge.
was resolved to cut every man of Magdalen college ; concluding , with an oath , that they were a parcel of rippish quizzes !!! With regard to the word to sport ; they sported knowing , and they sported ignorant ; they sported an cegrotat , and they sported a new coat ! They spoiled an exeat , they sported a . dormiat , they sported their outer , a lion , a lioness , a cat , and a levant I When 1 left the company ( which I found an opportunity of doing
while the chapel-bell fang ) , I confess I felt myself disappointed and dissatisfied with their very ambiguous language ; and the more so , since it was that of persons whose time is supposed to be particularly devoted to the Muses and the Graces . In hopes of receiving a satisfactory solution of my . queries , I remain , for . the present , Gentlemen , a friend to Alma Mater , but AN ENEMY TO ALL AMBIGUITY .
The Effect Of Sudden Preferment In Loosening Ancient Connexions.
THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN PREFERMENT IN LOOSENING ANCIENT CONNEXIONS .
From ' ¦ ' THE LOOKER-ON , " just published
IN this land of industry and commerce , where fortunes are ever iri a constant flux , it is curious to observe the rapid changes which perpetually occur in the consequence and figure of different individuals . These revolutions have , without doubt , their social advantages : they break the force of pride , which is alwa 3 's attended with an exclusive spirit ; they open a wider field for the emulation of talents ; andby diffusing the feelings of fellowshipand the ties of
, , affinity among us , give a freer range to the duties of benevolence and the practice of virtue . If such be a natural result of this community and participation of riches and honour , it is painful to observe the exceptions exhibited in the conduct of certain individuals . There are some ordinary spirits among us , who , having just emerged , by a perverse partiality of fortune , from the lowest conditions , conceive
that the only way of shewing themselves qualified to maintain thennew character , is to manifest au extreme scorn of the -old one ; and that , to evince an elevation of mind proportioned to their rise ol fortune , they have only to discard the associates and witnesses of their humble beginnings . —A gentleman who finds . himself in this description of deserted friendshas made the following complaint to meby
, , letter , permitting me to make my own use of it . . ' TO THE REV . SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH , : . DEAR SIMON , Oxford . . i .. YOU remember , no doubt , your old fellow-collegian , Tom Varnish , whose principal recommendation was his apparent good-nature , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Enquiry Into The Origin And Meaning Of Several Cant Terms And Phrases In Use In The University Of Cambridge.
was resolved to cut every man of Magdalen college ; concluding , with an oath , that they were a parcel of rippish quizzes !!! With regard to the word to sport ; they sported knowing , and they sported ignorant ; they sported an cegrotat , and they sported a new coat ! They spoiled an exeat , they sported a . dormiat , they sported their outer , a lion , a lioness , a cat , and a levant I When 1 left the company ( which I found an opportunity of doing
while the chapel-bell fang ) , I confess I felt myself disappointed and dissatisfied with their very ambiguous language ; and the more so , since it was that of persons whose time is supposed to be particularly devoted to the Muses and the Graces . In hopes of receiving a satisfactory solution of my . queries , I remain , for . the present , Gentlemen , a friend to Alma Mater , but AN ENEMY TO ALL AMBIGUITY .
The Effect Of Sudden Preferment In Loosening Ancient Connexions.
THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN PREFERMENT IN LOOSENING ANCIENT CONNEXIONS .
From ' ¦ ' THE LOOKER-ON , " just published
IN this land of industry and commerce , where fortunes are ever iri a constant flux , it is curious to observe the rapid changes which perpetually occur in the consequence and figure of different individuals . These revolutions have , without doubt , their social advantages : they break the force of pride , which is alwa 3 's attended with an exclusive spirit ; they open a wider field for the emulation of talents ; andby diffusing the feelings of fellowshipand the ties of
, , affinity among us , give a freer range to the duties of benevolence and the practice of virtue . If such be a natural result of this community and participation of riches and honour , it is painful to observe the exceptions exhibited in the conduct of certain individuals . There are some ordinary spirits among us , who , having just emerged , by a perverse partiality of fortune , from the lowest conditions , conceive
that the only way of shewing themselves qualified to maintain thennew character , is to manifest au extreme scorn of the -old one ; and that , to evince an elevation of mind proportioned to their rise ol fortune , they have only to discard the associates and witnesses of their humble beginnings . —A gentleman who finds . himself in this description of deserted friendshas made the following complaint to meby
, , letter , permitting me to make my own use of it . . ' TO THE REV . SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH , : . DEAR SIMON , Oxford . . i .. YOU remember , no doubt , your old fellow-collegian , Tom Varnish , whose principal recommendation was his apparent good-nature , and