A 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, Correct Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, ...Daniel Prince; John Rivington, and R. Baldwin, London, 1766 - 132 pages |
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... King Alfred erected three Schools , one for Divinity , an- other for Philofophy , and a third for Grammar . Soon ... King Henry I. built a Royal Palace on Beaumont , near Gloucester - Green ; the Ruins of which are ftill vifible , where ...
... King Alfred erected three Schools , one for Divinity , an- other for Philofophy , and a third for Grammar . Soon ... King Henry I. built a Royal Palace on Beaumont , near Gloucester - Green ; the Ruins of which are ftill vifible , where ...
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... King Henry the Third's Time , 30,000 Students refided here ; and Rifhanger ( who lived in the fame Reign ) fays , that notwithstanding the Civil Wars had fo much difturbed the Peace and Quiet of this venerable Seat of Learning , there ...
... King Henry the Third's Time , 30,000 Students refided here ; and Rifhanger ( who lived in the fame Reign ) fays , that notwithstanding the Civil Wars had fo much difturbed the Peace and Quiet of this venerable Seat of Learning , there ...
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... King James the First . The South End of this fecond Street is called Fish - Street , and the other End of it the Corn - Mar- ket ; from whence we pass through Bocardo , or the North Gate , into Magdalen Parish , and St. Giles's , which ...
... King James the First . The South End of this fecond Street is called Fish - Street , and the other End of it the Corn - Mar- ket ; from whence we pass through Bocardo , or the North Gate , into Magdalen Parish , and St. Giles's , which ...
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... King Charles II . who placed here all f the Rarities he had collected and purchased , parti- cularly from the two Tradefcants . The Building was finished in 1682. under the Conduct of Sir Chriftopher Wren , and is inferior to none in ...
... King Charles II . who placed here all f the Rarities he had collected and purchased , parti- cularly from the two Tradefcants . The Building was finished in 1682. under the Conduct of Sir Chriftopher Wren , and is inferior to none in ...
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... furnished : For which , Mr. Basket , the King's Printer , pays a confiderable Rent to the University . On All bouts Colleac 8 : 3 . 1 On the 20 POCKET COMPANION Mufæum Afbmoleanum Radcliffe's Library Clarendon Printing-Houfe.
... furnished : For which , Mr. Basket , the King's Printer , pays a confiderable Rent to the University . On All bouts Colleac 8 : 3 . 1 On the 20 POCKET COMPANION Mufæum Afbmoleanum Radcliffe's Library Clarendon Printing-Houfe.
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