LETTEES. 313 



P.S. I charge you, as you value my peace, not to let 

 my friends hear, either directly or indirectly, of my 

 illness. 



TO HIS BROTHER NEVILLE. 



St John's, 30th July 1806. 

 My dear Neville, 



I had deferred sitting down to write to you until I 

 should have leisure to send you a very long letter ; but as 

 that time seems every day farther off, I shall beg your 

 Patience no longer, but fill my sheet as well as I can. 



I must first reply to your queries. I beg pardon for 



having omitted to mention the receipt of the , but 



as I acknowledged the receipt of the parcel, I concluded 

 that you would understand me to mean its contents as 

 specified in your letter. But I know the accuracy of a 

 man of business too well to think your caution strange. 

 As to the College prizes, I have the satisfaction of telling 

 you that I am entitled to two, viz., the first for the 

 general examination, and one of the first for the classical 

 composition. I say one of the first, on this account — I 

 am quite equal with two others at the top of the list. In 

 this contest, I had all the men of the three ytars to con- 

 tend with, and, as both my equals are my seniors in 

 standing, I have no reason to be dissatisfied. 

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The Rhetoric lecturer sent me one of ray Latin Essays 

 to copy, for the purpose of inspection ; a compliment 

 which Avas paid to none of the rest. 



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We three are the only men who are honoured with prizes, 

 so that we have cut four or five Eton men, who are always 

 boasting of their classical ability. 



With regard to your visit here, I think you had better 

 come in term time, as the University is quite empty, and 

 starers have nothing but the buildings to gaze at. If, 

 however, you can come more conveniently now than 



