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and services of the pilot that weathered 

 the storm with the possessor of the 

 numerous titles that are engraved on the 

 pedestal that stood beside him ; while 

 the outrageous representations of the two 

 first Sovereigns of the House of Hanover 

 reminded me more of their reputed 

 though remote and savage ancestor, Ario- 

 vistus, than they did of their talents, their 

 virtues, or their humanity. 



The mulberry-tree planted by the hand 

 of the divine Milton in Christ's College 

 garden, and preserved in its old age from 

 the destroying hand of time by the care 

 of the less learned but as useful mem- 

 bers of this pious institution who fol- 

 lowed the occupation of our common 

 progenitor did not escape my observa- 

 tion. 



But the frequent contemplation of these 

 objects caused me to lament, and 

 sometimes to forget, my position, and 



