Pen's eyes drank in with an
eagerness which belongs to first impressions; and Major Pendennis
surveyed with that calmness which belongs to a gentleman who does not
care for the picturesque, and whose eyes have been somewhat dimmed by the
constant glare of the pavement of Pall Mall.
Saint George's is the great College of the University of Oxbridge, with
its four vast quadrangles, and its beautiful hall and gardens, and the
Georgians, as the men are called wear gowns of a peculiar cut, and give
themselves no small airs of superiority over all other young men. Little
Saint Boniface is but a petty hermitage in comparison of the huge
consecrated pile alongside of which it lies. But considering its size it
has always kept an excellent name in the university. Its ton is very
good: the best families of certain counties have time out of mind sent up
their young men to Saint Boniface: the college livings are remarkably
good: the fellowships easy; the Boniface men had had more than their fair
share of university honours; their boat was third upon the river; their
chapel-choir is not inferior to Saint George's itself; and the Boniface
ale the best in Oxbridge.
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