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...accuse me of disregarding the rites of hospitality, if I indulge in a few reflections on the characteristics of some of my guests. I mean those whose comings and goings are regulated by the convenient location of my room, the extent of my library, especially that part relating to translations, and the condition of my tobacco...
...need not specify - all know whom I mean - that friendly young man whose visits are as regular as the flow and ebb of the sea; that congenial soul who, on finding our oak sported, evinces his superior knowledge of college customs by treating us to the soul-soothing sound of the devil's tattoo beaten upon our door in a manner truly vigorous, giving vent at the same time to expressions of mistrust as to our being out, and whose incredulous phiz we finally see peering at us through the ventilator. In what a pleasant frame of mind...
...regards the Nine itself, nothing very definite can be said as yet, for a great many have signified their intention of trying for it, whose playing qualities are not known to the captain; but it is safe to say that there is plenty of good material, and from present appearances the prospect of a good Nine is very promising...
...that a club of three hundred men ought to obtain board at a much cheaper proportional rate than a club of seventy men, and that a professional steward would be able to arrange the wholesale importation of provisions from the country on a much larger scale than an undergraduate whose time for the business is, of course, limited...
...write are those who are also most ready to study. In this case there need be no fear of their neglecting their tasks in order to attend to the duty of writing, - a duty that can scarcely be called more pleasurable. If those, however, are induced to write, whose custom it is not to study, save to avoid warnings and conditions, there certainly need be no fear lest these shall neglect still more what was already given as little time as was practicable. As much of their time as before will be given to French and Natural History; to secure...