Petition of Two Students to the Principal and Professors of the University of Glasgow
Author(s): Busby, Joseph; Kirkby, Timothy
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of Glasgow
The humble request of Timt. Kirkby & Jos: Busby
Studts. That whereas they had the Misfortune
sometime agoe to fall into an unhappy afray
with some People of the Town & in Consequence of
it to be involv'd in considerable distreſs & what
they still think more disagreeable & distreſsing, to
incur the Displeasure of ye Faculty, to the Sentence
& Determination of which, they willingly submit
themselves & dependent [¿] on their [Lenity] & Mercy;
from their Confidence in these, join'd to [¿] Consideration
of the many ill Consequences & even utter Ruin, wch.
must certainly attend a sentence of Expulsion from
them & their sincere concern for their Prior & improper Conduct,
venture to entertain some hope & humbly [¿] that
The Gentlemen will not proceed to any such rigorous
Sentence as Expulsion. They are highly sensible of
the impropriety of what they have done & beg leave
to aſsure the whole faculty, that they have form'd a
firm resolution never again to repeat the same
Misconduct. They once more sincerely beg that
the Faculty will take some Compaſsion on them &
by a Milder Sentence than Expulsion, enable them
to avoid the utter displeasure of their Parents & friends,
ye Loſs of a Means to subsist in Life consistent wth.
their intentions and the distreſsing Neceſsity of
exchanging their prest. Plan of getting a Livelyhood
hereafter for immediate & unavoidable Misery in
some inferior Character
Timothy Kirkby. Jos. Busby
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Petition of Two Students to the Principal and Professors of the University of Glasgow. 2025. In The Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing. Glasgow: University of Glasgow. Retrieved 24 October 2025, from http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/document/?documentid=608.
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Petition of Two Students to the Principal and Professors of the University of Glasgow
Document Information
| Document ID | 608 |
| Title | Petition of Two Students to the Principal and Professors of the University of Glasgow |
| Year group | 1750-1800 |
| Genre | Personal writing |
| Year of publication | 1768 |
| Place of publication | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Wordcount | 236 |
Author information: Busby, Joseph
| Author ID | 190 |
| Forenames | Joseph |
| Surname | Busby |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Student |
Author information: Kirkby, Timothy
| Author ID | 189 |
| Forenames | Timothy |
| Surname | Kirkby |
| AKA | Timothy Kirkby |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Student |
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