Tuesday, 5.--I accepted the principal's invitation, and spent an hour with him at his
house. I observed no stiffness at all, but the easy good breeding of a man of sense and
learning. I suppose both he and all the professors, with some of the magistrates, attended
in the evening. I set all the windows open; but the hall, notwithstanding, was as hot as a
bagnio.
Wednesday, 6.--At half-hour after six I stood in the College Close and proclaimed Christ crucified. My voice was so strengthened that all could hear, and all were earnestly attentive.
The Journal of John Wesley
"Bagnio" is an obsolete descriptive noun to characterize a place as an involuntary prison or brothel; may have been a commonplace colloquial that is unfamiliar to modern readers.
Wednesday, 6.--At half-hour after six I stood in the College Close and proclaimed Christ crucified. My voice was so strengthened that all could hear, and all were earnestly attentive.
The Journal of John Wesley
"Bagnio" is an obsolete descriptive noun to characterize a place as an involuntary prison or brothel; may have been a commonplace colloquial that is unfamiliar to modern readers.
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