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" did not act towards me the part of Christians, or even of honest men. Their object seemed to be to make and keep me idle. If ever I appeared studious, they would say to me — ' Why, in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging? "
England under the Revolution and the house of Hanover, 1688 to 1820 - Page 822
by James Birchall - 1876 - 914 pages
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 16

Missions - 1838 - 716 pages
...to foment the pride and indolence of every man of fortune. " The fellows of the college," he says, " did not act towards me the part of Christians, or...their object seemed to be to make and keep me idle." To one of them, in the year 1822, he write* with a fidelity which makes one shudder at the responsibility...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

Arminianism - 1838 - 1014 pages
...vanity.' He lived much at this time among the Fellows of the college. < But those,' he says, ' among whom I was intimate, did not act towards me the part...Their object seemed to be, to make and keep me idle. Whilst my companions were reading bard and attending lectures, card-parties and idle amusements consumed...
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The life of William Wilberforce. By R.I. and S. Wilberforce

Robert Isaac Wilberforce - 1838 - 892 pages
...next morning." He lived much at this time amongst the Fellows of the college. " But those," he says, " with whom I was intimate, did not act towards me the...in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging ? ' I was a good classic, and acquitted myself well in the college examinations...
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The Life of William Wilberforce, Volume 1

Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce - Abolitionists - 1838 - 424 pages
...next morning." He lived much at this time amongst the Fellows of the college. " But those," he says, " with whom I was intimate, did not act towards me the...in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging ? ' I was a good classic, and acquitted myself well in the college examinations...
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The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII

The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...timing liis morning walks. t Rev. TT Walmsley. DD not act towards me the part of Christians, or even oí honest men. Their object seemed to be, to make and...in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging?' I was a good classic, and acquitted myself well in the college examinations;...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 32

1838 - 472 pages
...time hi *. MS. Memoranda. his morning walks. not act towards me the part of Christians, or even ot honest men. Their object seemed to be, to make and...in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging ?' I Was a good classic, and acquitted myself well in the college examinations;...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 67

1838 - 596 pages
...fiction to the present members of that learned society. ' The Fellows of the Col' lege,' he says, ' did not act towards me the part of Christians, •...idle. If ever I appeared studious, they would say to i me — "Why, in the world, should a man of your fortune trouble ' himself with fagging ? " I was...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 3; Volume 67

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1838 - 746 pages
...conspired to foment the pride and indolence of every man of fortune. ' Their • object,' he remarks, ' seemed to be, to make and keep me idle. ' If ever...studious, they would say to me, ' why in the ' world shoujd an)an. pjfyour fortune trouble himself with,fag'ging?' Whilst lijy companions were reading hard...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: By James Stephen

Sir James Stephen - Biography - 1843 - 418 pages
...incredible fiction to the present members of that learned society. "The Fellows of the College," he says, " did not act towards me the part of Christians, or...in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself \vith fagging?' I was a good classic, and acquitted myself well in the College examinations,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd

Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1846 - 362 pages
...incredible fiction to the present members of that learned society. "The Fellows of the College," he says, " did not act towards me the part of Christians, or...in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging VI was a good classic, and acquitted myself well in the College examinations,...
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