Walks in Oxford;: Comprising an Original, Historical, and Descriptive Account of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings of the University: with an Introductory Outline of the Academical History of Oxford. To which are Added, a Concise History and Description of the City, and Delineations in the Environs of Oxford, Volumen2W. Baxter, 1818 - 388 páginas |
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... to which Cay , Fox , and Twyne , give their support , is maintained by J. Rouse , or Ross , of Warwick , who lived in the reign of Edward IV . and is styled by b Dugdale , a famous antiquary " . Others ascribe the INTRODUCTION. ...
... to which Cay , Fox , and Twyne , give their support , is maintained by J. Rouse , or Ross , of Warwick , who lived in the reign of Edward IV . and is styled by b Dugdale , a famous antiquary " . Others ascribe the INTRODUCTION. ...
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... reigns of his two elder brothers , to improve himself in other branches of knowledge , as far as could be done at an æra so peculiarly unpropitious to literary pursuits ; yet Alfred ever reckoned among his misfortunes , that , " when he ...
... reigns of his two elder brothers , to improve himself in other branches of knowledge , as far as could be done at an æra so peculiarly unpropitious to literary pursuits ; yet Alfred ever reckoned among his misfortunes , that , " when he ...
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... reign of WILLIAM RUFUS , the University may be presumed to have been gradually gaining ground , since we find , that , in the reign of his successor , HENRY I. surnamed Beauclerc , the learned languages were cultivated with great ...
... reign of WILLIAM RUFUS , the University may be presumed to have been gradually gaining ground , since we find , that , in the reign of his successor , HENRY I. surnamed Beauclerc , the learned languages were cultivated with great ...
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... reign , in the year 1190 , a fire de- The circumstances of her escape are curious . It was about Christmas , and the snow lay thick on the ground . The Empress put on a white dress , and , at- tended by three soldiers , stole out of the ...
... reign , in the year 1190 , a fire de- The circumstances of her escape are curious . It was about Christmas , and the snow lay thick on the ground . The Empress put on a white dress , and , at- tended by three soldiers , stole out of the ...
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... reign , a proof of the increasing number of scholars . RICHARD I. was born in the palace of Beau- mont ; and , although his military propensities rendered his reign not happy for his people , he appears to have ever retained a warm ...
... reign , a proof of the increasing number of scholars . RICHARD I. was born in the palace of Beau- mont ; and , although his military propensities rendered his reign not happy for his people , he appears to have ever retained a warm ...
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Walks in Oxford: Comprising an Original, Historical, and ..., Volumen2 W. M. Wade Vista completa - 1817 |
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Página 189 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Página 167 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona...
Página 137 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear a tale that fills the spacious earth. "A city stands on Argos...
Página 189 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persuading: Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, Which was a sin, yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...
Página 254 - Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the PrintingHouse, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the third week in Act Term.
Página 167 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 87 - This is the emblem of a good tutor or fellow of a college, who is set to watch over the youth of the society, and by whose prudence they are to be led through the dangers of their first entrance into the world.
Página 172 - What! my lord, shall we build houses, and provide livelihoods for a company of monks, whose end and fall we ourselves may live to see ? No, no, it is more meet a great deal, that We should have care to provide for the increase of learning, and for such as who by their learning shall do good to the church and commonwealth.
Página 144 - No more the matchless skill I call unkind, That strives to disenchant my cheated mind. For when again I view thy chaste design, The just proportion, and the genuine line; Those native portraitures of Attic art, That from the lucid surface seem to start; Those tints, that steal no glories from the day, Nor ask the sun to lend his streaming ray...
Página xxxiv - ... yielded a harvest of extraordinary good and sound knowledge in all parts of learning, and many who were wickedly introduced applied themselves to the study of good learning and the practice of virtue...