For in one of the best themes of the time on this subject,
"_Non formosus erat, sod erat facundus Ulysses_,"
he was much distinguished.
~84~~"But the grave has closed upon most of the gay spirits of my
earlier time," said Crony; "and I alone remain the sad historian. Yonder
porch leads to the dormitory and school-room.{15}
'There Busby's awful picture decks the place,
Shining where once he shone a living grace.'
15 This school was founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1560, for
the education of forty boys, denominated king's scholars
from the royalty of their founders; besides which, the
nobility and gentry send their sons thither for instruction,
so that this establishment vies with Eton in celebrity and
respectability. The school is not endowed with lands and
possessions specifically appropriated to its own
maintenance, but is attached to the general foundation of
the collegiate church of Westminster, as far as relates to
the support of the king's scholars. It is under the care of
the dean and chapter of Westminster, conjointly with the
dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and the master of Trinity,
Cambridge, respect-ing the election of scholars to their
respective colleges.
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