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" The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. "
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical ... - Page 324
by John Nichols - 1812
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Epigrams, Wit & Wisdom in Brief

Walter Jerrold - Epigrams - 1926 - 264 pages
...steeple. ON A REGIMENT BEING SENT TO OXFORD, AND A PRESENT OF BOOKS TO CAMBRIDGE BY GEORGE I, IN 1715. I The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state...That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. Joseph Trapp. II The King to...
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The English Historical Review, Volume 42

Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, Sir John Goronwy Edwards - Electronic journals - 1927 - 708 pages
...the Cambridge University Library. The Oxford epigram on this occasion is usually given as follows : ' The King observing with judicious eyes, The state...That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.' To this William (afterwards...
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Mémoires et avantures d'un homme de qualité qui s'est retiré du monde, Volume 5

abbé Prévost - French literature - 1927 - 246 pages
...envoya des livres, discernant bien Combien ce corps loyal manquait d'érudition ». (*) (1) King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well disccrning How much that loyal body wanted learning. > La réponse de Cambridge se...
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Mémoires et avantures d'un homme de qualité qui s'est retiré du monde, Volume 5

abbé Prévost - French literature - 1927 - 246 pages
...manquait d'érudition ». (*) tl) King George, observing with judlcious eyes The state of both bis Universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well disccrning How much that loyal body wanted learning. • La réponse de Cambridge...
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The Undergraduate

Christopher Wordsworth - College students - 1928 - 376 pages
...Printed in Great Britain at I he Mayflower Press, Plymouth. Williuni Brendon & Son, Ltd. KING GEORGE observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. The King to Oxford sent a troop...
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The Undergraduate

Christopher Wordsworth - College students - 1928 - 380 pages
...Printed In Great Britain at f «• Mayflower Prat, Plymouth. William Brendan & Son, Ltd. KING GEORGE observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...Universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why S" That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal...
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A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 2, 1546-1750

Victor Morgan, Damian Riehl Leader, Peter Searby - Education - 1988 - 652 pages
...of a dream; but the sudden incursion of 30,000 volumes into the University Library caused a crisis. The King, observing with judicious eyes The state...very well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.9 ' Thus Joseph Trapp (1679—1747), the Professor of Poetry at Oxford, in commemoration of...
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Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library: A Description and ...

Cambridge University Library, Stefan C. Reif, Shulamit Reif - Education - 1997 - 688 pages
...responses to the two seats of learning elicited an Oxford epigram and a Cambridge reply: King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. Sir William Browne countered:...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...1679-1747 1 1852 (of George I's donation of Library to Cambridge) The King, observing with judiclous ݀ 6 TRAVIS Merle 1917-1983 11853 'Sixteen Tons' Sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper...
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Book of Humorous Quotations

Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...It-will-wash-no-more. 4221 TRAPP Joseph 1679-1747 4237 (of George I's donation of Library to Cambridge) The King, observing with judicious eyes The state...universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse, and That learned body wanted loyalty; To Cambridge books, as very well discerning How much that loyal body...
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