There's Carter, and Yonge, Knapp, Green, and Dupuis,*
All coming this way with their ladies, I see.
Our visit, you know, was alone to the belles;
The masters may sing, if they please, of themselves.
Truth mounted a cloud, and the Poet his nag,
And these whims sent next day by the post-office bag.
* Lower, and assistant masters, who keep boarding-houses.
Until lately this practice was not permitted; but it must be
confessed that it is a salutary arrangement, as it not only
tends to keep the youth in a better state of subjection, but
in many instances is calculated to increase their progress
in study, by enabling them to receive private instruction.
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ELECTION SATURDAY.
A Peep at the Long Chambers--The Banquet--Reflections on
parting--Arrival of the Provost of King's College,
Cambridge, and the Pozers--The Captain's Oration--Busy
Monday--The Oppidan's Farewell--Examination and Election of
the Collegers who stand for King's--The aquatic Gala and
Fireworks--Oxonian Visitors--Night--Rambles in Eton--
Transformations of Signs and Names--The Feast at the
Christopher, with a View of THE OPPIDAN'S MUSEUM, AND ETON
COURT OF CLAIMS.
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