Who's truly learn'd must read mankind,
Truth's axiom inculcates:
The world's a volume to the mind,
Instructive more than pulpits.{17}
Come fill the bowl with _Bishop_ up,
_Clods,{18} Fags,{19} and Skugs{20} and Muttons{21}_;
When _absence_{22} calls ye into sup,
Drink, drink to me, ye gluttons.
I'll teach ye how to kill dull care,
Improve your box of knowledge,{23}
14 Many of the young noblemen and gentlemen at Eton are
accompanied by private tutors, who live with them to
expedite their studies; they are generally of the College,
and recommended by the head master for their superior
endowments.
15 CAD, a man of all work, for dirty purposes, yclept
private tutor. See note 1, page 68.
16 CHOUSE the GUILDER. Chouse or chousing is generally
applied to any transaction in which they think they may have
been cheated or overcharged.
Guilder is a cant term for gold.
17 Nothing in the slightest degree unorthodox is meant to
be inferred from this reasoning, but simply the sentiment
of this quotation-'The proper study of mankind is man.'
18 CLODS, as, "you clod," a town boy, or any one not an
Etonian, no matter how respectable.
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