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COLLEGE LIFE. 



[Chap. II. 



recitative, the beautiful way in which the brooding of the spirit 

 is represented by the sweet subdued tones of the choristers : 

 then the tremendous burst : and afterwards ' The heavens are 

 telling : ' and to think that all this music is open to all, and that 

 most must be deriving influences of good from it — it is most 

 delightful ! Luckily I was by myself : I could not have borne 

 to speak. I cooled myself down, walking about the Minster 

 till all had gone out : and every Sunday now brings new effects 

 of light and shadows. The dusky dimness had a very solemn 

 effect, and harmonized well with the anthem ; and just as the 

 last note of the voluntary was dying away, the sweet clear tones 

 of the clock slowly thrilled through the aisles : altogether it 

 was too beautiful." 



Mr. Wellbeloved had mentioned his love of music to the 

 Rev. W. Taylor, the able, humorous, and genial secretary of 

 the Blind School, who had a similar taste : he called on him 

 and invited him to dinner. As at that time the sectarian lines 

 were strictly drawn in Bristol, Philip was much surprised at the 

 sociable way in which he was received by his host and his 

 clerical guests. Among his other friends at York were the 

 late Professor Phillips and his sister. Mr. Phillips, the eminent 

 geologist, and secretary of the British Association, was then 

 curator of the York Museum. 



One of the great drawbacks at York was the dearth of 

 society. Outside the college, we had scarcely any com- 

 panions of our own age; but within its walls we were re- 

 markably social. We took an early tea in our own rooms, 

 and often visited each other, our parties breaking up in an 

 hour or so, as evening was our time for study ; but when it was 

 a "club," we remained till prayers, at nine. These clubs, as 

 we called them, were for debating, Shakespeare-reading, glee- 

 singing, and the College Repository (or " Poz."). The 

 Repository was an old institution, and the early volumes con- 

 tain a record of college adventures and jokes. In 1832, how- 

 ever, a new series was commenced; the papers were more 

 carefully written, and each member was required to insert a 

 paper, or a shilling, in the censor's box every month, and to 



