For the meaning of this expression we refer the reader to the most preposterous imposition ever known in the annals of collegiate punishment; the original MS. of which is preserved in the museum of an eminent collector in Kent. In short, as in Cambridge they sell their butter by the yard, so at Brazenose the cloth measure has been applied with singular success to the works of genius; and perhaps the system may be so far improved upon, that a future under-graduate may have to toil through a furlong of Strabo, or a perch of logic.
This alludes to the hobbling gait of the Doctor, in consequence of the defect in his foot.
The Rev. B——d P——t.
Alluding to a notorious malefactor, executed about this times and hung in chains on Wimbledon Common.