 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 546 pages
...learning." Which, says Sir William, might well be answered thus: — " The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument." Mr. Johnson did him the justice... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...wanted learning.' Which, says Sir William, might well be answered thus: ' The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he ser.t, For whigs allow no force but argument.' " Dr. Johnson did him the... | |
 | Architecture - 1845 - 318 pages
...Browne, of St. Peter's College, a staunch Whig, is generally admired : — " The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, " For Tories own no argument but force; " With equal care to Cambridge, books he sent, " For Whigs allow no force, but argument." Gunning, Bishop of Ely... | |
 | Thomas Wright, Harry Longueville Jones - Cambridge (England) - 1847 - 450 pages
...Peter House in Cambridge, Sir William Browne, wrote the following reply : " The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument." Since this period the University... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1897 - 666 pages
...' Literary Anecdotes ': — Extempore Reply to the About. The King to Oxford sent a troop of hone, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal...For Whigs admit no force but argument. Sir William Browne. Dr. Johnson called this one of the happiest extemporaneous productions he had ever met with.... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1897 - 1138 pages
...The retort on behalf of Cambridge was b; Sir William Browne, who became a physician ai Norwich : — The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. It should be added that George... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1897 - 670 pages
...Cambridge was b Sir William Browne, who became a physician a Norwich : — The King to Oxford lent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he gent, For Whigi allow no force but argument It should be added that George... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1852 - 444 pages
...wanted learning." Retaliated by Sir W. Browne, founder of the prizes for odes and epigrams : — " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument." Bentley seems at this time to have been considered as a Whig luminary; for a tract, inordinately whiggish... | |
 | 1855 - 802 pages
...ug How much that loyal body wanted — Learning. SIR WILLIAM BROWNE, MD The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, Por Whigs allow no force — but argument. Wo forbear to decide which... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...Brown, of St. Peter's College, a staunch Whig, it generally admired: — " The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With eq^ual care to Cambridge, books he sent, For Whigs allow no force, but argument" but a piece was broken off... | |
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The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. 
