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In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light

           Anexternschoolgrewroundtheoldalmostmonasticfoundation,whichsubsistsstillwithitsmiddle-agecostumeandusages—andallCistercianspraythatitmaylongflourish.

           Ofthisfamoushouse,someofthegreatestnoblemen,prelates,anddignitariesinEnglandaregovernors:andastheboysareverycomfortablylodged,fed,andeducated,andsubsequentlyinductedtogoodscholarshipsattheUniversityandlivingsintheChurch,manylittlegentlemenaredevotedtotheecclesiasticalprofessionfromtheirtenderestyears,andthereisconsiderableemulationtoprocurenominationsforthefoundation.Itwasoriginallyintendedforthesonsofpooranddeservingclericsandlaics,butmanyofthenoblegovernorsoftheInstitution,withanenlargedandrathercapriciousbenevolence,selectedallsortsofobjectsfortheirbounty.Togetaneducationfornothing,andafuturelivelihoodandprofessionassured,wassoexcellentaschemethatsomeoftherichestpeopledidnotdisdainit;andnotonlygreatmen’srelations,butgreatmenthemselves,senttheirsonstoprofitbythechance—RightRev.prelatessenttheirownkinsmenorthesonsoftheirclergy,while,ontheotherhand,somegreatnoblemendidnotdisdaintopatronizethechildrenoftheirconfidentialservants—sothataladenteringthisestablishmenthadeveryvarietyofyouthfulsocietywherewithtomingle.

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