 | Edward Ellis Morris - Great Britain - 1877 - 290 pages
...books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. A Cambridge man replied — The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. There was a great difference between the clergy of the towns and of the country ; the London clergy,... | |
 | Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1877 - 192 pages
...loyalty : But books to Cambridge gave, as well discerning That that right loyal body wonted learning. 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. CHAKITY. Ancho is charitable... | |
 | Between whiles - 1877 - 448 pages
...books he sent, as well discerning how much that loyal body wanted learning. A. * George I. Whig Reply. THE king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, for Tories own no argument but force. on the other hand to Cambridge books he sent, for Whigs allow no force but argument. A. The Cahtmniator.... | |
 | English epigrams - 1878 - 464 pages
...Joseph Trapp (1679-1747). [From Nichols' Literary Anecdotes.] CCXLIX. EXTEMPORE REPLY TO THE ABOVE. The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...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.]... | |
 | William Munk, Royal College of Physicians of London - Physicians - 1878 - 490 pages
...that loyal body wanted learning. Browne, stung by the reflection on his own Alma Mater, replied thus : The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. He took the degree of doctor of medicine at Cambridge in 1721, and shortly afterwards, according to... | |
 | William Munk, Royal College of Physicians of London - Physicians - 1878 - 458 pages
...that loyal body wanted learning. Browne, stung by the reflection on his own Alma Mater, replied thus : The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. He took the degree of doctor of medicine at Cambridge in 1721, and shortly afterwards, according to... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 pages
...learning." The chaff, however, was soon hurled back as follows : — " 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." Next to this group of buildings... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Cities and towns - 1878 - 470 pages
...Sir William Browne of Peterhouse returned the well-known reply, that ' 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.' This was neat, but it was... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - Authors, English - 1878 - 386 pages
...Mdme. Piozzi, the famous epigram in answer on the spur of the moment — 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. It was not, however, a troop... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - Authors, English - 1878 - 374 pages
...Mdme. Piozzi, the famous epigram in answer on the spur of the moment — 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. It was not, however, a troop... | |
| |
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. 
