 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pages
...to be the ha-ppitsr extemporaneous production that he had ever heard : " 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 Whigs allow no force but argument." — The late Mr. Warton was... | |
 | Mark Noble - Great Britain - 1806 - 446 pages
...extorted praise even from Johnson himself, in favour of a Cambridge man, 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 whigs allow no force but argument. WILLIAM BEVERIDGE, Bishop... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 782 pages
...work, of which only 36 pages were printed, in March 1/74, a very few days before his death ; 4to. I shall subjoin a well-known Epigram *, by Sir William...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force But argument." Sir William Browne's only daughter, Mary, was the second wife of William Folkes, esq. counsellor at... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 844 pages
...the Critics have pronounced to be a good one : " The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tone's own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge...books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument." Sir William Browne's only daughter, Mary, was the second wife of William Folkes, esq. counsellor at... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. XCIX. The Jlnxwen 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 Whigs allow no force but argument. C. The skilful Painter. The... | |
 | George Dyer - Cambridge (England) - 1814 - 566 pages
...following neat lines are well known. / The King to Cambridge sent a troop of horse, For Tories know no argument but force: With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent $ For Whigs allow no force, but argument. Sir W. bequeathed three gold medals, to be given yearly to three undergraduates;... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...much that loyal body wanted learning. Anttoered by Sir William Browne. 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 Whigs allow no force but argument. The Friendly Contest. WHILE... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...pronounced to be a good one : — The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For lories own no argument bat force; With equal skill, to Cambridge books he sent, For whigs admit no force but argument. We consider the following, however, by an Oxonian, which is said to have given rise to Sir William's,... | |
 | Richard Gooch - College verse - 1823 - 310 pages
...BROWNE, PET. COLL. Who was a zealous Whig. The king to Cambridge sent a troop of horse, For Tories know no argument but force : With equal skill, to Cambridge books he sent ; For whigs allow no force but argument. AD AMICUM LITAGANTUM. BY THO. RANDOLPH, THIN. COLL. Would you commence... | |
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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. 
