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Life of Johnson, Volume 5

Note 541 — SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12.

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Governor was the term commonly given to a tutor, especially a travelling tutor. Thus Peregrine Pickle was sent first to Winchester and afterwards abroad 'under the immediate care and inspection of a governor.' Peregrine Pickle, ch. xv.

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