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... called by the Romans Bellosi- tum . When the place was first fortified does not appear ; but the walls , of which ... called Beaumont , on the west side of the city , few remains of which are now visible , but the site may be traced in ...
... called by the Romans Bellosi- tum . When the place was first fortified does not appear ; but the walls , of which ... called Beaumont , on the west side of the city , few remains of which are now visible , but the site may be traced in ...
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" Richard I. called Cœur de Lion , was born in this palace . The University of Oxford has many fabulous accounts relating to the time of its origin . It most probably was instituted soon after the pro- pagation of Christianity in this ...
" Richard I. called Cœur de Lion , was born in this palace . The University of Oxford has many fabulous accounts relating to the time of its origin . It most probably was instituted soon after the pro- pagation of Christianity in this ...
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... called , formerly sur rounded by a wall , with bastions at about 150 feet distance from each other , is of an oblong form , and about two miles in circumference . Magdalen College , with the eastern as well as the northern suburbs ...
... called , formerly sur rounded by a wall , with bastions at about 150 feet distance from each other , is of an oblong form , and about two miles in circumference . Magdalen College , with the eastern as well as the northern suburbs ...
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... called Fish - Street , and the other the Corn - Market ; from whence we pass into Magdalen - parish and St. Giles's , which form a very spacious street , and in some respects is preferable to either of the former , it having the ...
... called Fish - Street , and the other the Corn - Market ; from whence we pass into Magdalen - parish and St. Giles's , which form a very spacious street , and in some respects is preferable to either of the former , it having the ...
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... called the Bocardo , and used for a prison , was taken down in 1771. This prison was memorable for a dungeon , called the Bi- shops ' Hole , in which Cranmer , Latimer , and Ridley were confined in the reign of Mary , previously to ...
... called the Bocardo , and used for a prison , was taken down in 1771. This prison was memorable for a dungeon , called the Bi- shops ' Hole , in which Cranmer , Latimer , and Ridley were confined in the reign of Mary , previously to ...
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A pocket companion for Oxford. [Entitled] A new pocket companion for Oxford ... Visualização integral - 1815 |
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adorned Altar-piece Anne Ante-chapel Archbishop arched beautiful benefactors Bishop Bishop of Lincoln Bishop of Winchester building built Bust Chancellor Chapel Chimney Church cloister collection College is situated consists court D. D. Late daughter ditto door Duke of Marlborough Durham Earl east Edward II elegant erected Exeter Exeter College Exhibitioners expence feet 6 inches feet high feet in length feet long Fellows Fellowships figures finished following Pictures Founder front Garden gate Gothic Hall handsome Holy Family inches high Ionic order John Duke King Edward King Henry Kneller Knight Landscape Late and prefent lege Library Lord Magdalen College marble Mary Merton College north side number of Students Oriel College ornaments Oxford painted piece Portrait present principal Profeffor Provost quadrangle Queen Reubens Robert Harcourt roof Saviour Scholars Simon Harcourt Sir Nathaniel Lloyd Sir William Society Souls College south side spacious statue University Vandyck window
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Página 157 - Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers and lets grow lier wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, 380. Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Página 137 - TO THE MEMORY OF QUEEN ANNE UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH CONQUERED AND TO WHOSE MUNIFICENCE HE AND HIS POSTERITY WITH GRATITUDE OWE THE POSSESSION OF BLENHEIM.
Página 19 - Law, veiled, with the tables of stone, to which she points with her iron rod. On her right hand is the Gospel, with the cross in one hand, and a chalice in the other. In the same division, over the Mosaical Law, is History, holding up her pen as dedicating it to Truth, and an attending Genius, with several fragments of old Writing, from which she collects her history into her books.
Página 144 - Mary, youngest daughter of William de Redvers, Earl of Devon, (who, as well as his uncle William, was surnamed de Vernon,) married Robert de Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton, in 1214.
Página 143 - Bavarians near the village of Blenheim on the banks of the Danube by JOHN, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, the hero not only of his nation, but his age : whose glory was equal in the Council and in the...
Página 143 - Reconcil'd various, and even opposite Interests ; Acquired an Influence Which no Rank, no Authority can give, Nor any Force, but that of superior Virtue ; Became the fixed important Centre, Which united, in one common Cause, The principal States of EUROPE ; Who, by military Knowledge, and irresistible Valour, In a long Series of uninterrupted Triumphs, Broke the Power of FRANCE, When raised the highest, when exerted the most, Rescued the EMPIRE from Desolation : Asserted and confirmed the Liberties...
Página 5 - Castle-Street. The High-Street is perhaps without a rival, being of a spacious width and length, adorned with the fronts of three Colleges, St. Mary's and All Saints' Churches, terminated at the east end with a view of Magdalen College Tower, and a beautiful Bridge.
Página 55 - Wykeham, one of his firft fet of Fellows at New College in Oxford, where he took the degree of Doctor of C'ivil Law. He was Archdeacon of Sarum, and afterwards Chancellor of the fame Church ; and becoming known to Henry IV. was fent on feveral embaffies by that Monarch, and advanced firft to the Bifhopric of St. David's, in which...
Página 52 - Elizabeth, 1523. 3. George Clarke, LL. D. Secretary of War, and afterwards, in the reign of Queen Anne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Secretary to Prince George of Denmark, and in five Parliaments Burgess for the University, 1680.
Página 156 - That pleasure was the chiefest good, (And was, perhaps, i' th' right, if rightly understood) His life he to his doctrine brought, And in a garden's shade that sovereign pleasure sought : Whoever a true epicure would be, May there find cheap and virtuous luxury.