 To the University of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen College; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable...  The Autobiographies of Edward Gibbon - Page 67by Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...for a mother. I fpent fourteen months at Magdalen College; they proved the fourteen months the moft idle and unprofitable 'of my whole life: the reader will pronounce between the fchool and the fcholar; but I cannot affect to believe that Nature had difqualrfied me for all literary... | |
 | 1797 - 846 pages
...for a mother. 1 fpent fourteen months 4.1 Magdalen College; they proved the fourteen months the moft idle and unprofitable of my whole life :• the reader will pronounce between the fchool and the ichoiar ; but I cannot affeét to believe that Nature had difqualified me for all literary... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 786 pages
...for a mother. I fpent fourt/en months at Magdalen College ; they proved the fourteen months the moft idle and unprofitable of my whole life : the reader will pronounce between tlie fchool and the fcholar ; but I cannot affedl: to believe that Nature had difqualified me for all... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 pages
...generous retribution to the university of Oxford. I acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim...scholar ; but I cannot affect to believe that nature has disqualified me for all literary pursuits. 'c Perhaps, in a separate annotation, I may coolly examine... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...imaginary debt, to assume the merit of a just or generous retribution. To the university of Oxford /acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as chearfully...to believe that Nature had disqualified me for all literary pursuits. The specious and ready excuse of my tender age, imperfect preparation, and hasty... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...generous retribution. To the university of Oxford / acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim...whole life : the reader will pronounce between the schdol and the scholar : but I cannot affect to believe that Nature had disqualified me for all literary... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 pages
...generous retribution. To the university of Oxford /acknowledge no obligation; and she will ascheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim...most idle and unprofitable of my whole life ; the reader-will pronounce between the school and the scholar; but I cannot affect to believe that Nature,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 474 pages
...heen ashamed. To the university of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother." At Magdalen college he remained fourteen months, and he states them to have heen the most inactive... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 pages
...infidelity! — " To the University of Oxford / acknowledge no obligation; end she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent 14 months at Magdalen College; they prated the 14 months lite most idle and unprofitable of my whole... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...generous retribution. To the university of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her foi a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen college ; they proved the fourteen months the most... | |
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