The money I have received is so invaluable a sum that I have forborne as yet to pay it in, and am heartily sorry that I cannot better advance His Majesty's service.

be fair or foul, or rain or shine

A new and ingenious thermometric scale has been constructed by Mr. John Williams, by dividing the interval between the freezing and boiling points of mercury into 1000 degrees. The freezing point of water would thus be 100°, and its boiling point 350°, and five milligrade degrees would be equal to two degrees C.

I hid my own purchases for several days, no mean trick in a school where every drawer and cupboard was inspected, openly and snoopingly too, at least twice a week.