 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 well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.  The New London Jest Book - Page 221edited by - 1871 - 374 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 well... | |
 | 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 well... | |
 | 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 well... | |
 | 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 of both his universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why ? That learned body wanted loyalty : . ( To Cambridge books,... | |
 | 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 well... | |
 | 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 of both his Universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse ; and why i That learned body wanted loyalty: To Cambridge books, as very... | |
 | 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 well... | |
 | 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 well... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1840 - 646 pages
...by the ministry, which occasioned the following excellent epigram, by Dr. Trapp, or Dr. Warton : — The king observing, with judicious eyes, The state of both his universities, To one ho sends a regiment; For why ? That learned body wanted loyally. To th' other hooks he gave, as well... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 678 pages
...anybody give satisfactory evidence as to the authorship of the well-known epigram on the Universities ? 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 t'other he sent books, as well discerning... | |
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