 | Henry Drury - 1865 - 430 pages
...THE King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force : On th' other hand to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. ANON. DICK cannot wipe his nostrils when he pleases, His nose so long is, and his arm so short : And... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pages
...but having done so in the presence of Sir William Browne, the physician, was answered by him thus : THE king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories...books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. Johnson did Sir William the justice to say, " it was one of the happiest extemporaneous productions... | |
 | Charles Henry Cooper - 1866 - 508 pages
...William) Browne, which though commended by Dr. Johnson, has been considered inferior to the original : The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse : For tories...force. With equal care to Cambridge books he sent : Forwhigs allow no force but argument. Robert Cannon, DD, sometime fellow of King's college, gave... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1873 - 720 pages
...and which gave rise to a sneering epigram, which was thus answered : — "The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force. With equal wit to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. " One of my " reminiscences... | |
 | 1869 - 438 pages
...discemmj How much that body wanted learning. THE ANSW». The King to Oxford sent his troop of hone, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal...books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. The books were received Nov. 19, 20, &c. 1715. The King purchased them for« thousand guineas, and... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1869 - 512 pages
...To this Sir William Browne replied : — The King to Oxford sent Ms troop of horse, For Tories hold no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge...books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. CHAFTEK IX. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Dr. Stackhouse writes a Biography of the... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1869 - 500 pages
...Browne replied : — The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories hold no argument but farce ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. CHAPTEE IX. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Dr. Stackhouse writes a Biography of the... | |
 | Sabin J. and sons - 1869 - 466 pages
...discerning How much that body wanted learning. TNI ANSW». The King to Oxford sent his troop of hone, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he lent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. The books were received Nov. 19, 20, &c. 1715. The King... | |
 | John Marriott Davenport - 1869 - 148 pages
...elicited the following Reply from the pen of Sir William Browne of Cambridge. " 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." The Books alluded to were... | |
 | 1870 - 672 pages
...happened, a regiment of cavalry was being despatched to Oxford, in 1751 : " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force...books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument." This, it will be remembered, was in reply to Dr. Trapp's witticism on the same occasion, in the Oxford... | |
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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. 
