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Excerpt from Digby Grand, Vol. 1 of 2: An Autobiography
Let us hear how Bullock-major renders the dreaded Ode. Justum et tenacem propositi virum, begins the much-enduring master, giving to the thrilling stanza that harmonious roll, which shows that much and often as his favourite has been murdered to his un willing ear, he still clings to him with all a scholar's devotion Instam' &c. Bullock-major, go on!' Up starts the electrified disciple with all the readiness of a professor, but deep are the misgivings at his heart, and clouded the impression on his brain for Bul lock-major, though as stalwart 'a stroke' as ever feathered an oar round Lower Hope, and as straight a bowler as ever skimmed the emerald sward of the lower shooting-fields, is yet modestly aware of his own deficiencies, and has a wholesome horror of being, like Grand and Buflier, 'in the bill.' At it he goes, however, with changeless intonation and nasal twang Virum, the man'-pause - 'justum, just' - pause - 'et tenacem, and tenacious' Bull says the next boy on the form, a scapegrace of some eleven summers)-'propositi' - a solemn pause, - dark grows the master's brow - go on, sir, propositi - Bullock grows desperate: 'propositi - of his pro position.' Hear him, melodious minstrel of Rome's palmiest days Sit down, sir - put him in the bill, - next boy go on.' And the unfortunate Bullock major embarks in the same boat with Buffler and myself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.