LONGS AND SHORTS. [To THU EDITOR or THE 4 ' SrscrrATo1.":1
Srn,—I am surprised that in this correspondence no one has reproduced the possibly exaggerated translations credited to a. fatuous Head-Master. I used to hear of them at Cambridge in the " eigh ties." (1 t Splendide menclosi. W ben some Sixth Form boy suggested "Lying in a noble cause," he was told that was " much too bald. Let us say : 'Pursuing a course of conduct which . . . although not altogether devoid of moral obliquity . . . was yet saved from the stigma of utter turpi- tude by the generosity of the motives by which she was actuated.'" (2) I) ,ressie t xpie-4,e ; (Theocr.). " Is it to be drunk or rubbed in ?" " No, no, my boy. That is not polished enough. Suppose we try : 'Is this remedy for internal use or for external application P' "—I am, Sir, &a., NOT AN OLD CARTHUSIAN.
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