 | Leslie Stephen - 1886 - 492 pages
...Oxford epigram upon George I's present of Bishop Moore's library to the university of Cambridge : — 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. [Munk's Coll. of Phys. ii.... | |
 | 1888 - 636 pages
...Chorus walking solemnly around the altar in the orchestra, • On this the Cambridge epigram was : Our King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; To Cambridge books with equal sense he sent, For Whigs obey no force but argument. I cannot remember... | |
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1909 - 784 pages
...learning. To which William Browne (the founder of the Browne medals) replied on behalf of Cambridge : — The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument.] '[This catalogue was printed privately by Sir Thomas Phillipps at Middle Hill, Worcestershire, c. 1835.... | |
 | Samuel Fletcher Hulton - 1909 - 480 pages
...How much that loyal body wanted learning. JOSEPH TRAPP, Wadham College, Oxford THE CAMBRIDGE REPLY The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument. SIR WILLIAM BROWNE, Peterhouse, Cambridge 1 One of the favourite methods used by the troublesome Whig... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1909 - 438 pages
...wrongly — been ascribed the lines on George the First's gift of a valuable library to Cambridge : 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. Trapp, who is buried here,... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1909 - 456 pages
...wrongly — been ascribed the lines on George the First's gift of a valuable library to Cambridge : The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument hut force ; With equal care to Camhridge hooks he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. Trapp,... | |
 | Joseph Thomas Raby - 1909 - 168 pages
...Cambridge man's impromptu about Charles I. the cleverest he had heard : "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 ; ' ' against Scotchmen and... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1910 - 568 pages
...They were written by Sir William Browne, the founder of the University Prize 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." Strange indeed was the freak of fate which had sent the Non-Juror Bonwicke to Cambridge, and Amhurst,... | |
 | 1911 - 492 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 sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.' Johnson Miscellanies, ed.... | |
 | 1911 - 442 pages
...says Sir William Browne, the physician, 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... | |
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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. 
