text:  He dared not refuse to play his part when called upon in these learned discussions though he dreaded them more and more; for his college reputation was at stake and there were some among the older fellows who looked upon him as rather an assuming young man for understanding what they did not pretend to and would have been glad to have had a joke against him; but he began cordially to hate John Brown; he gave him all the difficult bits he could at lecture; sneered at him when he dared; and practised all those amiable embellishments which make schoolmasters and tutors usually so beloved and learning in all its branches so delightful