 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1871 - 342 pages
...their first laugh out, when a Cantabrigian retaliated, with finer finish and keener point;— ' Our 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.' Without denying merit to the... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 pages
...as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. THE ANSWER. 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. TO A CONTEMPTIBLE AUTHOR,... | |
 | 1873 - 670 pages
...Cambridge, wrote the following retort : — The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories know no argument but force. With equal skill to Cambridge...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. I leave your readers to decide on the merits of both. RAGLAN CHURCH. MONMOUTHSHIRE. — A handsome... | |
 | 1874 - 776 pages
...wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. ' EVERYTHING ' — says Hartley Coleridge1, in his Life of Dr Richard Bentley — 'everything in England... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1874 - 510 pages
...extorted praise, even from Johnson himself, in favour of a Cambridge man. The TCing to Oxford sent hia 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." Nobles continuation of Granger... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1874 - 508 pages
...extorted praise, even from Johnson himself, in favour of a Cambridge man. The King to Oxford sent hia troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force. "With equal care, to Cambridge hooks ho sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument" Noble's continuation of Granger... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 pages
...graduate, and answered, impromptu (Nichols, as above) : The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tones own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. Dr. Johnson's opinion of this answer is given in Mrs. Piozzi's " Anecdotes" : "Mr. Johnson did him... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pages
...the honour of Cambridge, of which he was a graduate, and answered, impromptu (NichoL-. as above) : The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but foroe;. With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. Dr. Johnson's... | |
 | John Timbs - 1876 - 510 pages
...commemorated the discernment displayed in his Majesty's care for his 'two seats of learning" in the well-known epigram : — The King to Oxford sent a...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. Browne grew rich by thirty years' practice, was knighted, and elected President of the College of Physicians,... | |
 | 1876 - 904 pages
...Norwich, wrote a reply, which extorted praise from l3r. Johnson himself in favour of a Cambridge man. " 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." LONGEVITY OF VETF.RANS. —... | |
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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. 
