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In the original draft his vacillating mind had leaned more and more decisively towards the Catilinarian conception of his hero, and the book-version of 1783 was accordingly supplied with a motto from Sallust's 'Catiline. The sentence runs: Nam id facinus imprimis ego memorabile existimo, sceleris atque periculi novitate.
On my side I had more than enough to think of, for my case and present jeopardy were enough to amaze older and wiser heads than mine. For, imprimis, I had slain one of the King's guards; and, moreover, had struck the first blow, though my adversary, indeed, had given me uttermost provocation.
"There must be preliminaries," the little man observed, returning and setting the ink down in the centre of the rustic table, on which already lay a bundle of old quills and some quarto sheets of yellow paper. "As for instance?" "Imprimis, a thick folio book for me to sit on. The carpenter built this table after your measure." "I will fetch one." "Also more beer." "I will draw some."
Imprimis A half-implied, but fully comprehended promise to marry a young lady, with whom, I confess, I only intend to journey this life as far as Baden. Secondly, a charge of swindling for such the imputation goes to at the Salon.
Bon. Peace, sirrah; observe. Lov. So, let me see the summa totalis of my sweet ladies perfections. Grimes. Good, he has her in whole already. Tho. Peace, Grimes. Lov. Imprimis, her faire haire; no silken sleave Can be so soft the gentle worm does weave. Grimes. I, there it goes. Bon. I protest I comend him; he goes through stitch with her like the Master of his trade. Lov. Her belly Grimes.
Jean de Luz, and show off before the damsels of Biarritz; but, lack-a-day! what a declension was in store for me. It had best be given in the words of a letter to my kindly compatriot, written while defeat was fresh in my mind. Thus the epistle runs: * "My first essay on my eight hundred francs' worth of horse-power was a sight to see. "Imprimis, the stirrup-leathers were long enough for you.
"Imprimis, for the workmanship, or labour of the masons 21 17 9 Item, for the breaking down of the wall, where the window now is 0 16 9 for lime and gravel 1 0 0 for 20 cwt. of iron bought for said window 4 4 0 for the labour of the smiths 3 5 4 for Caen stone bought for same 5 0 0 for glass and the labour of the glaziers 6 13 4 Total 42 17 2."
"Imprimis," said Tomlinson, "let us each produce our stock in hand; for my part, I am free to confess for what shame is there in that poverty which our exertions are about to relieve? that I have only two guineas four shillings and threepence halfpenny!"
When Doctor Blimber, in pursuance of the usual course, would have said to the young gentlemen, on the morning of the party, 'Gentlemen, we will resume our studies on the twenty-fifth of next month, he departed from the usual course, and said, 'Gentlemen, when our friend Cincinnatus retired to his farm, he did not present to the senate any Roman who he sought to nominate as his successor. But there is a Roman here, said Doctor Blimber, laying his hand on the shoulder of Mr Feeder, B.A., adolescens imprimis gravis et doctus, gentlemen, whom I, a retiring Cincinnatus, wish to present to my little senate, as their future Dictator.
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