 The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.  The Age of Anne - Page 207by Edward Ellis Morris - 1878 - 242 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mark Noble - Great Britain - 1806 - 446 pages
...at the same time a troop of horse to Oxford, to suppress some disturbances that had happened there. The king observing, with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To one he sends a regiment; For why? That learned body wanted loyalty. To th' other books he gave, as... | |
 | English poetry - 1807 - 218 pages
...did. F A REGIMENT SENT TO OXFORD, ANI>A PRESENT OF BOOKS TO CAMBRIDGE, BY K. GEORGE L [BT Dn.TRAPr.] THE King observing, with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To one he sent a Regiment ; for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To the other he sent Books, as... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...XCVIII. On a liegiment sent to Oxford, and a present of Books to Cambridge, by King George the First. The King observing, with judicious eyes, The state of both his Universities, To one he sent a regiment ; for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To th' other he sent books, as... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 504 pages
...argument/' But the following, by an Oxonian, which gave rise to that by sir William, is at least as good : " The king', observing with judicious eyes, The state...learned body wanted loyalty : . ( To Cambridge books, as very well discerning, How much that loyal body wanted learning." Sir William Browne's will, an attested... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 508 pages
...least as good : " The king, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his imivprsities, •, .To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why?, , , , That learned body wanted loyalty : . . • i . .-. To Cambri.ige books, as very well discerning, •. . How much that loyal body wanted... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Regiment sent to Oxford, and a Present of Books to Cambridge, by King George I. 17J5- By Dr. TRAPP. THE king, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his universities, To one he sent a regiment ; for why? That learned body wanted loyalty. To th' other he sent books, as... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...following, however, by an Oxonian, which is said to have given rise to Sir William's, to surpass it : The king, observing with judicious eyes, The state...Universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why i That learned body wanted loyalty: To Cambridge books, as very well discerning How much that loyal... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - Calamy, Edmund - 1829 - 588 pages
...no force, but argument." The other, in a collection of "Satirical Epigrams," is thus given : — " The King observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his Universities, To one he sent a regiment ; for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To the other he sent books, as... | |
 | Charles Henry Hartshorne - Libraries - 1829 - 592 pages
...epigram from Dr. Trapp, smart in its way, but not so clever as the answer from Sir William Browne. The King observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To one he sent a regiment: for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty. To th' other he sent books, as... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...occasion appeared the well-known epigram by an unknown hand : " King George, observing with jndicious eyes The state of both his Universities, To Oxford...discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning." Retaliated by Sir W. Browne, founder of the prizes for odes and epigrams : — " The King to Oxford... | |
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