after that attempted to draw any teeth of mine.

From Mary-le-bone I went to Eton, where I really made considerable progress in my learning; and, by the time I got into the fifth form, I was a very tolerable Latin scholar, and could construe most books with sufficient readiness. But I took a most decided aversion to the Greek language, and never would learn

it.

My studies, however, after some time, had a different direction; for, from the moment 1 came into the fifth form, I studied every thing but my book. My hours out of school in the day were employed in the sports of the field, being already very fond of my dog and gun. By

night, game of another kind engrossed my whole attention. At that early period I had a most decided preference for female society, and passed as much time in the company of women as I have ever done since. A carpenter's wife was the first object of my early affections; nor can I well express the nature of my obligations to her. Frequently have I risked breaking my neck in getting over the roof of my boarding house at night, to pass a few hours with some favourite grizette of Windsor. During the latter part of time at Eton, to perfect my education, I became attached to, and was much enamoured of the daughter of a vender of cabbages. Ovid's Epistles were totally laid aside for his Art of Love, in which we made a very considerable progress. The big boys had a very wicked custom every Sunday of resorting to Castle prayers

my

at Windsor; not to seek the Lord, but to seek the enamoratas who constantly and diligently attended to receive our devotions. Besides, in summer time, it was our custom to walk in the public promenade in the Little Park. My father lived only six miles from Windsor, and consequently I was as well known to every family in that town, and neighbourhood, as the king himself; but, notwithstanding this, I constantly walked with some fair frail one arm in arm, with as much sang froid as I now would walk in Kensington Gardens with a beautiful woman.

There is no occasion for me to confess all the atrocious sins committed by me at this period, in sanctified as well as unsanctified places; for I solemnly declare that I have most truly repented of such scandalous crimes, and have every rea

son to

believe that

believe that my forgiveness is sealed, although I have not been favoured with absolution from the Pope:

nor, were I ever so penitent, is it likely that he would order a general thanksgiving for my repentance, although a former Pope did order one in consequence of the murder of many thousand Protestants on St. Bartholomew's day. Boys commit sins from incoherent giddiness and want of reflection, which they would scorn to perpetrate at a more mature age of improved knowledge, I declare to God, I would sooner cut my hand off than repeat such offences. Although our divines may have no sins of their own which cry for pardon, yet I shall not request them to spend their time so unprofitably as in praying for mine to be forgiven, having reserved that task to myself. Nay, I trust that even the most

antiquated, regenerated, and pious Whitfieldite beldams, too old and ugly to have carnal temptations to sin any more, will attribute those crimes to giddy unreflecting youth, and not be too censorious; for, to use the words of Mother Cole, I myself, as well as they, am new-born.

I made one in the great rebellion, ander Dr. Foster, though only in the lower part of the fourth form. Foster was only a schoolmaster. In Dr. Barnard's time, such discontent never would have taken place: he was a gentleman as well as a scholar, and knew well how to make the boys both obey and love him. He was well acquainted with human nature, and governed, not by the rod, but by good sense and a knowledge of the passions. We marched to Maidenhead-bridge; when my father, who lived