The Sporting Magazine, 1831, Vol. 77: Or Monthly Calendar, of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase, and Every Other Diversion, Interesting to the ... Enterprise and Spirit (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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Excerpt from The Sporting Magazine, 1831, Vol. 77: Or Monthly Calendar, of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase, and Every Other Diversion, Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise and Spirit

He would, doubtless, have been a scholar of no mean acquire ments had he remained a sufh cient time at his studies but hap pening to be taken from school at eighteen, the poor fellow had no chance. I remember that, although we started in the classics toge ther, and I was no fire-eater, I was construing Horace while he was wearing out his second Cor derius, and conjugating amo with infinitely more complacency than success. His attempts at conj tion in after-life were eq y unfortunate, since he lost an 0 rtunity of getting a rich wife, ause, although he made three several attempts on as many days, he could neveeanage to get to church within canonical hours.

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