 | Charles William Stubbs - 1905 - 432 pages
...two epigrams in which the whole crisis and its sequel is thus wittily summarised:—• " King George observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent as well discerning . How much that loyal body wanted learning." William Browne, the Founder... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1906 - 536 pages
...to the University of Cambridge, where it now is. [The gift occasioned the following epigrams : — The King, observing with judicious eyes. The state...That learned body wanted loyalty ; To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. To this, attributed to Dr. Joseph... | |
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1909 - 784 pages
...observing with judicious eyes, The state of both his Universities, To Oxford sent a troop of hcrse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge...discerning, How much that loyal body wanted learning. To which William Browne (the founder of the Browne medals) replied on behalf of Cambridge : — The... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1910 - 568 pages
...which, though wellknown, will bear quotation again. Some unknown wit at Oxford wrote : " King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty ; To Cambridge books he sent as well discerningHow much that loyal body wanted learning." Scarcely had the ill-used Tories... | |
 | Jewish Historical Society of England - 1915 - 682 pages
...complete. It is taken from the Commons' Journals, vol. vp 512. 1 The Oxford epigram ran : " King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning." This was answered by Sir William... | |
 | Charles Sayle - 1916 - 172 pages
...£6,450.* 1 See ante 1626. * The circumstances at the moment gave rise to the epigram : ' King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning, How much that loyal body wanted learning.' Answered by Sir William Browne... | |
 | Sir Charles Edward Mallet - 1927 - 604 pages
...have had more wit than Swift allows him if he is responsible for the well-known lines : " King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...That learned body wanted loyalty. To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning." * After the collapse of the... | |
 | Falconer Madan - 1925 - 260 pages
...Army, and troops were sent to arrest them. Oxford spoke first, perhaps by Joseph Trapp : ' King George observing with judicious eyes The state of both his...learned body wanted loyalty. / To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning I How much that loyal body wanted learning.' And Cambridge replied, through... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1926 - 264 pages
...steeple. ON A REGIMENT BEING SENT TO OXFORD, AND A PRESENT OF BOOKS TO CAMBRIDGE BY GEORGE I, IN 1715. I The King, observing with judicious eyes, The state...That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. Joseph Trapp. II The King to... | |
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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. 
