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August 1796

22 to lay those mighty [blusters?] level with their nath[?]
[?]; but the evening's work liked to have proved to
much for my feeble frame to support, as I was
in the [ ? ] a very long time, I never was more
fateagued in my life.

23 Dead, Dead, Dead, is sufficiently expressive of my
feelings this day.

24 I have had considerable mirth this day, spent
in pitting [Chickering?] with pares and in the next
place in [balling?] Garlands door, and laughing at
his mistake, for he supposed that somebody was at
the door; but, by and by, he liberated himself,
and in his turn into our chamber, and to conclude
the whole I leapt from the window of the cham
ber and came round and caught Garland in the entry
[smiling?] over his supposed per[?].

Nothing of importance has occurred this day, the
time passes away slowly. Evening the sky is
lowering and the clouds look threatining [ ? ] to
bring on the impending storm; the thunders roar
and the lightening flashes, and finally, by appearance
all may gauge that it will rain and once
more enliven the drooping flowers, which

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now hang their heads; and finally the whole face of
nature appears truly melancholy. It rains.

26 Bean has arrived, and brought no money for, no
money, ah me! I am out of money, which is a
very disagreeable circumstance. Received of Richard -
son a certifficient to free me from studying Hebrew.
Doubtfull and in sufferance, malanchol, dul, sorrow
ful, mournful; we have this afternoon to recite
an English lesson, we also had a lecture from
Mr Pearsons in which were these words, present,
and [?] after [profani?]: this [lecture?] condems many
good and excellent maxims, but, his adage [ ? ]
the study of the hebrew language appeared to be
partial and had but very little effect upon me.

27 Nothing of importance has occurred this day, but the
evening has produced a half a bushell of plums.

28 Sunday This day in a situation truly pitiable, my bowels
are in a state of insurrecton; there is also some
movements in my head which do not altogether
[coinside?] pleasurable feelings, finally I am
so unwell that I am unable to go to the
house of God.

Monday
29 As yet nothing of importance has transpired;
but our class is now engaged with the juniors
in a very [?] and to the gods may