o publico_. His parties to _sock_ are always
distinguished by an excellent selection, good taste, and superior
style. In all the varied school sports and pastimes, his manly form and
vigorous constitution gain him a superior
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station among his compeers, which his cheerful disposition enables him
to turn to general advantage. Nor is he in less estimation with the
masters, who are loud in their praises of his assiduity and proficiency
in school pursuits. Horatio is not exactly a genius: there is nothing
of that wild eccentricity of thought and action which betokens the vivid
flights of imagination, or the meteoric brightness of inspiration; his
actions are distinguished by coolness, intrepidity, and good sense. He
does not pretend to second sight, or a knowledge of futurity; but on the
present and the past there are few who can reason with more cogency
of remark, or with more classic elegance of diction: with such a
concentration of qualities, it is not wonderful that his influence
extends through every gradation of the juvenile band. His particular
attachments are not numerous; but those who have experienced the
sincerity of his private friendship must always remain his debtor--from
deficiency of expression; among the most obliged of whom is--the author.

Bob Transit. Bob has no fixed situation; therefore it would be in vain
to attempt to say where he may be found: sometimes he is placed next to
Bernard, and between him and Heartly, with whom he generally associates;
at other times he takes his situation at the side table, or fills up a
spare corner opposite to Dick Gradus, or the exquisite, either of whom
he annoys, during dinner, by sketching their portraits in caricature
upon the cover of his Latin Grammar, with their mouths crammed full of
victuals, or in the act of swallowing hot pudding: nor does the dame
sometimes escape him; the whole table have frequently been convulsed
with laughter at Bob's comic representation of Miss --------'s devout
phiz, as exhibited during the preparatory ceremony of a dinner grace:
the soul of whim, and source of fun and frolic, Bob is no mean auxiliary
to a merry party, or the exhilarating pleasure of a broad grin.
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Bob's _admiral_ is an R.A. of very high repute; who, having surmounted
all the difficulties of obscure origin and limited education, by the
brilliancy of his talents, has determined to give his son the advantage
of early instruction and liberal information, as a