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Cant Phrases In The University Of Cambridge Explained.
Gentlemen-commoners of Oxford , what say ye ? Is this description inapplicable to you ? Is the resemblance only perceivable at Granta ? A pensioner is equivalent to an Oxford commoner ; and is , generally , a person of genteel fortune and good expectancy , who wishes to pass -through the usual routine of collegiate exercises , without any indulgencewithout any pecuniary emolumentwithout enviable '
distinc-, , tions , or singular obsequiousness . He , in every respect , resembles the oppidani of Eton school . A sizar , sisar , or sizer , equivalent to the Oxonian servitor , is commonly of mean ancl poor extraction , and one who comes to college to better his circumstances , and to gain a comfortable livelihood , by means of his literary acquirements . He is very much like the scholars at Westminster , Eton , Merchant'
Taylors , Charter House , St . Paul ' s , & c . & c . who are on ihe foundation ; and is , in a manner , the half-boarder in private academies . The name was derived fiom the menial services in which he was occasionally engaged ; being , in former days , compelled [ as the Winchester students still shamefully continue to be ] to - transport the platesdishessizesand plattersto and from the tables of his ' -
, , , , supe i'iors . Dr . Dodd , in the work above-mentioned ,-p . 29 , says , a size of bread is half a half-penny " roi ! . " hi general , a size is a small plateful of any eatable ; and , at dinner , to " size is to order for yourself any little luxury that may chance to tempt you in addition to tb . e general fine , for which you are expected to pay the cook at the end " of the term . This word was plainly in vogue in Shakspeare ' s time . his
In Lear , Act II . Scene 4 , p . 5 6 9 , Maloae ' s edition , we have , " Tis not in thee " to scant my sizes . " A sizar , in short , ivas the fellows' trencherman . Kit Smart , the poet , ludicrously alludes to this disgraceful practice , In his admirable . tripos upon " Yawning . " He concludes thus ,
Hand aliter Socium esuriens Sixator edacem Bum vic ' et , appo . ilu . que cibus frusfraiiir hiantem Beiilibus ini ' rendens , ijeqiiicquam brachia tendit Seduius ofTiciosa , dopes removercparatus . . Olii niinquam exemptafimes . quin frustra suprema Devoret , et peritnra / jiiniani ingurgiiet ore : 1 ' iim ieir . umjubet auferri ; nudata capaci Ossa sonant , iugubre sonant , allisa catino .
The Rev . Mr . Fawkes elegantly translates this passage in the foi lowing lines : ..: .:.-. ¦ , Thus a lean Sizar views , with gaze aghast , The hungry tutor at his noon's repast ; ; In vain he grinds his teeth —his grudging eye , And visage sharp , keen appetite imply ; . - ''•• 1 Oft he attemptsofficiousto
, , convey Tbe lessening relies of the meal azucy— . In vain—no morsel scapes the greedy jaw , All , all is gorg'd in magisterial niaiv ; Till , at the last , observant of biszaori , Tbe lamentable waiter clears the board : And inly-murmuring miserably groans , To see the empty dish , and hear the sounding bones ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cant Phrases In The University Of Cambridge Explained.
Gentlemen-commoners of Oxford , what say ye ? Is this description inapplicable to you ? Is the resemblance only perceivable at Granta ? A pensioner is equivalent to an Oxford commoner ; and is , generally , a person of genteel fortune and good expectancy , who wishes to pass -through the usual routine of collegiate exercises , without any indulgencewithout any pecuniary emolumentwithout enviable '
distinc-, , tions , or singular obsequiousness . He , in every respect , resembles the oppidani of Eton school . A sizar , sisar , or sizer , equivalent to the Oxonian servitor , is commonly of mean ancl poor extraction , and one who comes to college to better his circumstances , and to gain a comfortable livelihood , by means of his literary acquirements . He is very much like the scholars at Westminster , Eton , Merchant'
Taylors , Charter House , St . Paul ' s , & c . & c . who are on ihe foundation ; and is , in a manner , the half-boarder in private academies . The name was derived fiom the menial services in which he was occasionally engaged ; being , in former days , compelled [ as the Winchester students still shamefully continue to be ] to - transport the platesdishessizesand plattersto and from the tables of his ' -
, , , , supe i'iors . Dr . Dodd , in the work above-mentioned ,-p . 29 , says , a size of bread is half a half-penny " roi ! . " hi general , a size is a small plateful of any eatable ; and , at dinner , to " size is to order for yourself any little luxury that may chance to tempt you in addition to tb . e general fine , for which you are expected to pay the cook at the end " of the term . This word was plainly in vogue in Shakspeare ' s time . his
In Lear , Act II . Scene 4 , p . 5 6 9 , Maloae ' s edition , we have , " Tis not in thee " to scant my sizes . " A sizar , in short , ivas the fellows' trencherman . Kit Smart , the poet , ludicrously alludes to this disgraceful practice , In his admirable . tripos upon " Yawning . " He concludes thus ,
Hand aliter Socium esuriens Sixator edacem Bum vic ' et , appo . ilu . que cibus frusfraiiir hiantem Beiilibus ini ' rendens , ijeqiiicquam brachia tendit Seduius ofTiciosa , dopes removercparatus . . Olii niinquam exemptafimes . quin frustra suprema Devoret , et peritnra / jiiniani ingurgiiet ore : 1 ' iim ieir . umjubet auferri ; nudata capaci Ossa sonant , iugubre sonant , allisa catino .
The Rev . Mr . Fawkes elegantly translates this passage in the foi lowing lines : ..: .:.-. ¦ , Thus a lean Sizar views , with gaze aghast , The hungry tutor at his noon's repast ; ; In vain he grinds his teeth —his grudging eye , And visage sharp , keen appetite imply ; . - ''•• 1 Oft he attemptsofficiousto
, , convey Tbe lessening relies of the meal azucy— . In vain—no morsel scapes the greedy jaw , All , all is gorg'd in magisterial niaiv ; Till , at the last , observant of biszaori , Tbe lamentable waiter clears the board : And inly-murmuring miserably groans , To see the empty dish , and hear the sounding bones ,