[9" ,[ : excused for not answering it sooner: besides I have some substantial Reasons, as having a mind to see Lent almost expired, before I would vouch for my Abstinence throughout whole: and not having had a con venient oppertunity to consult a Synod I must inform you we unanimously agree in Opinion signature.] p.s. - Excuse Hast, supper being called, very Hungry. Judging from two letters - the first written in .749, to one under-masters during the holidays, and the other to the head-master. hortly after he went to Cambridge, in 1750 -he seems to have felt a

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excused for not answering it sooner: besides I have some substantial Reasons, as having a mind to see Lent almost expired, before I would vouch for my Abstinence throughout whole: and not having had a con venient oppertunity to consult a Synod I must inform you we unanimously agree in Opinion signature.] p.s. - Excuse Hast, supper being called, very Hungry. Judging from two letters - the first written in .749, to one under-masters during the holidays, and the other to the head-master. hortly after he went to Cambridge, in 1750 -he seems to have felt a

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[9" ,[ excused for not answering it sooner: besides I have some substantial Reasons, as having a mind to see Lent almost expired, before I would vouch for my Abstinence throughout yC whole: and not having had a con venient oppertunity to consult a Synod of my learned friends about your ingenious Conscience, and I must inform you we unanimously agree in y" Opinion of yC learned Divine you mention, that Swine may indeed be IIsh but then they are a deviltish sort of I1sh; and we can prove from y" same Authority that all fish is flesh whence we affirm Porck not only to be flesh but a devillish Sort of flesh; and I would advise you for Conscience sake altogether to abstain from tasting it; as I can assure You I have done, tho' roast Pork has come to Table several Times; and for my own part I have lived upon Puding, milk, and vegetables all this Lent; but don't mistake me, I don't mean I have nottouch'd roast beef, mutton, veal, goose, fowl, etc, for what are all these? All flesh is grass! Was Ito give you ajournal of a Week, it would be stuft so full of Greek and Latin as translation Verses, themes, annotation Exercise and y~ like, it would not only be very tedious and insipid but perfectly unintelligible to any but Scholboys.