 The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument.  The New London Jest Book - Page 221edited by - 1871 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 328 pages
...Which, fays Sir William, might well be anfwered thus : . . The king to Oxford fent his troop of horfe, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he fent, Tor Whigs allow no force 'but argument. D 4 Mr. Johnfon did him the juftice ta fay, it was one... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...loyal body wanted learning. Ankernd bv Sir William Brr&nf. THE king to Oxford fcnt his troop of horfe, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he fent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. w1 1'be t'limJIy Contfß. fHILE Cam and If» their lad... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...as well discerning How mnch that loyal body wanted teaming. THE ANSWER. THE King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force. With equal care to Cambridge, books he sent; For W higs allow no force but argument. ON THE LATE KING'S STATUE ON THE TOP , OF BLOOMSBURY SPIRE. THE... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 518 pages
...subjoin a well-known epigram by sir William Browne, which the critics have pronounced to be a good one: " The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For. tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill, to Cambridge books he sent. For whigs admit no force but argument." But the following, by an... | |
 | George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...sent, as well discerning That this right loyal body wanted learning." " The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force...; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For \Vhigs allow no force but argument." ON A WATCH. He that a watch would wear, this he must do : —... | |
 | William Wadd - Directories - 1824 - 288 pages
...Queen Square, London, 1774. He was the author of several lively essays and a well-known epigram. " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument." BRUGIS, THOMAS. A small oval.... | |
 | Charles Henry Hartshorne - Libraries - 1829 - 594 pages
...as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. THE ANSWER. The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books lie sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument. similar volumes. But the reason seems to have been... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...wanted learning." Retaliated by Sir W. Browne, founder of the prizes for odes and epigrams : — " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument." Bentley seems at this time... | |
 | James Henry Monk - 1833 - 466 pages
...epigrams, though ingenious, must be confessed to be inferior in wit and satire to the original : " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument." Shortly afterwards the flames... | |
 | James Henry Monk - Scholars - 1833 - 466 pages
...epigrams, though ingenious, must be confessed to be inferior in wit and satire to the original : " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument" Shortly afterwards the flames... | |
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