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Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

Creator: Bede, Cuthbert, [pseud.], 1827-1889
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at each one who passed, and as quickly pricked a mark against his name on the chapel lists. As the freshman went by, they made a careful study of his person, and took mental daguerreotypes of his features. Seeing no beadle, or pew-opener (or, for the matter of that, any pews), or any one to direct him to a place, Mr. Verdant Green quietly took a seat in the first place that he found empty, which happened to be the stall on the right hand of the door. Unconscious of the trespass he was committing, he at once put his cap to his face and knelt down; but he had no sooner risen from his knees, than he found an imposing-looking Don, as large as life and quite as natural, who was staring at him with the greatest astonishment, and motioning him to immediately "come out of that!" This our hero did with the greatest speed and confusion, and sank breathless on the end of the nearest bench; when, just as in his agitation, he had again said his prayer, the service fortunately commenced, and somewhat relieved him of his embarrassment. Although he had the glories of Magdalen, Merton, and New [58 ADVENTURES OF MR. VERDANT GREEN] College chapels fresh in his mind, yet Verdant was considerably impressed with the solemn beauties of his own college chapel. He admired its harmonious proportions, and the elaborate carving of its
The Bible, King James version, Book 1: Genesis

Book 01 Genesis 01:001:001 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 01:001:002 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 01:001:003 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 01:001:004 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 01:001:005 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 01:001:006 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 01:001:007 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the
decorated tracery. He noted every thing: the great eagle that seemed to be spreading its wings for an upward flight, - the pavement of black and white marble, - the dark canopied stalls, rich with the later work of Grinling Gibbons, - the elegant tracery of the windows; and he lost himself in a solemn reverie as he looked up at the saintly forms through which the rays of the morning sun streamed in rainbow tints. But the lesson had just begun; and the man on Verdant's right appeared to be attentively following it. Our freshman, however, could not help seeing the book, and, much to his astonishment, he found it to be a Livy, out of which his neighbour was getting up his morning's lecture. He was still more astonished, when the lesson had come to an end, by being suddenly pulled back when he attempted to rise, and finding the streamers of his gown had been put to a use never intended for them, by being tied round the finial of the stall behind him, - the silly work of a boyish gentleman, who, in his desire to play off a practical joke on a freshman, forgot the sacredness of the place where college rules compelled him to shew himself on morning parade. [AN OXFORD FRESHMAN 59] Chapel over, our hero hurried back to his rooms, and there, to his great joy, found a budget of letters from home; and surely the little