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Accidents will happen; they are wilful things and insist upon keeping themselves in evidence. Imprimis, then, to get out of town. But where? "'Hoodman's Ledge, began Crawfurd, a little doubtfully, but I caught him up with joyful decision. "'The very thing, I said. 'I'll send a wire to the caretaker to-night, and we'll be off by Thursday. I invite you all for six weeks.
Mr. Brandon was, indeed, a barrister of considerable reputation, and in high esteem in the world, not only for talent, but also for a great austerity of manners, which, though a little mingled with sternness and acerbity for the errors of other men, was naturally thought the more praiseworthy on that account; there being, as persons of experience are doubtless aware, two divisions in the first class of morality, imprimis, a great hatred for the vices of one's neighbour; secondly, the possession of virtues in one's self.
"Come, then, let us get the materials first, and then put them on the anvil of my imagination. Imprimis which means, Morty, in the first place, have you heard anything?" "No; nothing to speak of." "Well, in the second place, have you seen or observed anything?" "Why, no; not much."
As the American had remarked, they were just twenty-seven souls in all: Imprimis, Captain Dinks whose wound evidently was progressing favourably, for he had lost all those feverish symptoms that were apparent the day previous and was now in a sound sleep, after eating some thin soup which Snowball had concocted for him by Mr Meldrum's direction Mr McCarthy, Adams, Frank Harness, Ben Boltrope the carpenter, and Karl Ericksen the rescued Norwegian sailor, besides Snowball and thirteen others of the crew of the Nancy Bell, making twenty of those belonging to the ship; while, of the passengers, there were six Mr Meldrum, Kate, Florry, Mrs Major Negus and her son and only hope Maurice, and lastly, though by no means least, Mr Lathrope the grand total, with the stewardess, who must not be forgotten, coming exactly to seven-and-twenty.
Imprimis occurs a dispute whether the magistrates, as patrons of the University, should march in procession before the Royal visitors; and it was proposed on our side that the Provost, who is undoubtedly the first man in his own city, should go in attendance on the Principal, with the Chairman of the Commission on the Principal's right hand, and the whole Commission following, taking pas of the other Magistrates as well as of the Senatus Academicus or whether we had not better waive all question of precedence, and let the three bodies find their way separately as they best could.
"Imprimis, then," said I, playing with the ribbon of my cane, "imprimis, early study of the best authors, Congreve and Farquhar, Etherege and Rochester; secondly, the constant intercourse of company which gives one the spleen so overpoweringly that despair inspires one with boldness to get rid of them; thirdly, the personal example of Sir William Devereux; and, fourthly, the inspiration of hope."
Reports of all kinds were circulated about me. "Imprimis, why did I go up to Littlemore at all? For no good purpose certainly; I dared not tell why." It was hard to have to plead, that, for what I knew, my doubts would vanish, if the newspapers would be so good as to give me time and let me alone.
"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!"
By Jupiter, Sisty, that same Hall was a fine fellow! I wonder if the medicine has gone through the same channels in both? Tell me, first, how it has affected you." "Imprimis, then, my dear uncle, I fancy that a book like this must do good to all who live in the world in the ordinary manner, by admitting us into a circle of life of which I suspect we think but little.
The original chart of this survey, made by Washington's own hand, is preserved by the daughter of Mr. A facsimile of it is published in Custis's Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington. The following is a true copy of Washington's will: Imprimis.
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