...Universities; to Oxford sent a troop of horse; - for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty to Cambridge he sent books, as well discerning how much that loyal body wanted learning.' 'The Answer of Cambridge' came from Sir William Browne: 'Contrary methods justly George...

...It-will-wash-no-more. 4221 TRAPP Joseph 1679-1747 4237 (of George I's donation of Library to Cambridge) The King, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse, and That learned body wanted loyalty; To Cambridge books, as very well...

...This gift gave rise to versification by the rival universities. From Oxford, Dr Joseph Trapp wrote: 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,...

...Hanoverians had been rewarded with a royal gift of books, remarked the contrast in a celebrated epigram. The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop oJ horse, for why? That learned body wanted loyalty: To Cambridge books he sent,...

...Oxford) during the 1715 uprising -a gift which prompted an Oxford wit to produce the oft-quoted epigram: 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,...

...Cambridge man. The wit of the whig epigram called forth the praise of Johnson himself. The Oxford Epigram. The king observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To one he sends a regiment; lor why ? That learned body wanted loyally ; To th' other books he gave, as well...

...horse to seize certain officers at Oxford, that an Oxford wit produced the following epigram: — " The King observing, with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To one he sends a regiment : For why ? That learned body wanted loyallv. To th' other books he gave, as well...