A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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Page 29
... Society , and by ' whofe Prudence they are to be led through the Dangers of their first entrance into the World . The Figure immediately following reprefents So- briety , or Temperance , that most neceffary Virtue of ' a Collegiate Life ...
... Society , and by ' whofe Prudence they are to be led through the Dangers of their first entrance into the World . The Figure immediately following reprefents So- briety , or Temperance , that most neceffary Virtue of ' a Collegiate Life ...
Page 30
... Society dedicated to the ' advancement of Religion and Learning ; and , on this plan , we may fuppofe the Founder of Magda- len thus fpeaking , by means of thefe Figures , to the Students of his College . " It is your Duty , who live ...
... Society dedicated to the ' advancement of Religion and Learning ; and , on this plan , we may fuppofe the Founder of Magda- len thus fpeaking , by means of thefe Figures , to the Students of his College . " It is your Duty , who live ...
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... Society may think proper , in fome respect , to alter their defign . One unparalleled beauty belonging to this College is the Grove , which feems perfectly adapted to in- dulge contemplation ; being a pleafant kind of foli- tude , laid ...
... Society may think proper , in fome respect , to alter their defign . One unparalleled beauty belonging to this College is the Grove , which feems perfectly adapted to in- dulge contemplation ; being a pleafant kind of foli- tude , laid ...
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... Society : but this prefump- tion refts only on the opinion fo generally entertained of this celebrated perfon . No other notice is taken of it in the records of the Society , than that the Tower was begun in fuch a year , and completed ...
... Society : but this prefump- tion refts only on the opinion fo generally entertained of this celebrated perfon . No other notice is taken of it in the records of the Society , than that the Tower was begun in fuch a year , and completed ...
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... Society by Mr. Robfon of Bond - ftreet . The fide windows were removed thither from the old Chapel : two on the north fide are the laft Judgment , and two other on the fouth the Afcenfion . The reft are all of old glass , remarkable for ...
... Society by Mr. Robfon of Bond - ftreet . The fide windows were removed thither from the old Chapel : two on the north fide are the laft Judgment , and two other on the fouth the Afcenfion . The reft are all of old glass , remarkable for ...
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