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    Where the yoke has galled the hard-working animal $ & £ ? # the flies are sure to settle . £ > o it was with us ; for as wq knew that White was poor , we took pleasure in the destruction ® f his property * I think that in most boys there is a leven of inherent cruelty ; but our conduct in this respect fair exceeds the common fly-killing barbarity of juvenile tortures . Knp ^ r

    ing that lie was very poor , and that he was strenuously endeavouring to cultivate his mind , almost with one consent yy § agreed tp destroy his property , and to interrupt his studies \ yheneyer it was in our power to do so . We thought that he was stingy and a sap ; we did not like him to economize nor Jo study out of school-hours ; the other masters did neither the pne thing nor the other ; the senior classical usher was in debt .

    and \ v $ thought him an uncommon fine fellow , for he subr scribed half-a-guinea to the cricket-fund , whereas Wkltp only doled put half-a-crown . And then he was " neyqr dressed like a gentleman ; " we criticised his clothes most unmercifully , &nd declared that they were cut out with a spade ; the head *

    usher wore Wellington boots , but White content ^ hiiftf self with those hybrid creations , which lye call high-lows , ^ p ^ . we used always to declare that they must h t * v e been * n ade by Vulcan , for they were shapeless , iron-clouted things , ^ nd had the property of enduring for ever . Then again—and this m $ M made a serious charge agstinst him—White drank neither coffee nor tea ; but consoled himself morning and evening with

    $ doubtful beverage of a brown muddy aspect , which looked like a concoction of tobacco-juice and saw-dust , and tMfted-nr for sometimes poor White would present a portiop . of his fepopd cup as a peace-offering to one of his tormentors—like a distijjation pf burnt crusts , and in those days we did ] aot think it unpalatable ; at all events it was much better thaft

    PUf own sky-blue , and we were glad enough to partake oupj setyps of this mystic preparation , although we heartil y despised , W | iite for drinking it in the p lace pf a more approved bgyej $ gft . We were great sticklers for legitimacy in those days , GV $ n Mi the article of coffee and te ^« , Put at length the great secret was discovered ; $ cylindrical tin-ca 8 e was found by pne of the boys , and a label pasted

    thfffifiupoft ¦ be l ( rfty § 4 tte mysterious nature of the " Sheep-do ^' s f aecessipn from established drinkp . And the strange stuff , nypich , fa its cjUutiori , gashed dpw ^ White ^ daily meals ; the 4 ^ j » au 44 y * UtqptjmQtf compound , whiph so much ofl&oded oflr patrician sensibilities , ^ c ^ s pimp W ly Hunt ' s Ro < iate 4 & 91 M .,+ „ : $ qni tk \ $ we ^ hpugjut a ippst unheard-pf prppim ^ fJQn ^ ^ mm ^ i km ^ ps w ^ y fww e § t ^ i ^§ d w&i \ % ufa > mil p $# * W $ m . mfewv wpp « 4 i » gly- To p ^ ttom « e * radiq ^ l ^ d itp 4 iiijak m # to 4 ; $ ifflL ! U ffft * vim m * t White mwt hw # \ mm

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/15/