 | William Jerdan - 1830 - 380 oldal
...leaving which, he was appointed tutor to the late Right Hon. Lord Frederick Montagu, only brother of * " Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age." his Grace the Duke of Manchester. He subsequently entered into holy orders, and served the curacy of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 oldal
...only mentions Cambridge as the contrast of the sister university in point of taste and learning : " Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother-university : Thehes did his green, unknowing youth engage; He chooses Athens in his riper age."3 A preference... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 oldal
...provincial band. If his ambition may tlio.se hopes pursue, Who with religion loves your arts and you, Oxford to him a dearer name shall be, Than his own mother-university. Thebes did his green, unknowing, youth enHe chooses Athens in his riper age. [gage ; PROLOGUE TO ALBION AND ALBAN1US.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 oldal
...because of its discouraging the staple commodity of the place, which In his time was called hogi' * f." Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother-university : Thebes did his green, unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age." I) rydex'i Prologue IP ikt Vtineriily... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 oldal
...because of its discouraging the staple commodity of the place, which In his time was called hogi' 3 ['* Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother-university : Thebes did his green, unknowing youth engage ; Ho chooses Athens in his riper age." Dryden's Prologue to the Uttitenity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 oldal
...mentions his education in the college with gratitude ; hut in a prologue at Oxford he has these lines : " Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own...youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age.'' It was not till the death of Cromwell, in 16£8, that he hecame a public candidate for fame, by publishing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 oldal
...education in the college with gratitude ; u but in a prologue at Oxford he has these lines : — " Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother-university ; Thebes did his green, unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age." " It was not till the death of... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 oldal
...university so well as Oxford. ' Oxford to him a dearer name shall be. Than his own mother university. Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age !' It is very unusual for a man "thus to slight his own Alma Mater ; but there are many who will subscribe... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1865 - 632 oldal
...struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part (SHAKSP., Temp. 5, 1.). Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage; He chooses Athens in his riper age (DEYDEN in Johns. Lives I.). But whatsoe'er we do, we will not shame Your better feeling, with an idle... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 oldal
...provincial band. If his ambition may those hopes pursue, Who with religion loves your arts and you, Oxford to him a dearer name shall be, ** Than his own mother-university. Thebes did his green, unknowing, youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age. PROLOGUE v TO " ALRION AND ALEANIiiX."... | |
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Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother-university; Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage; He chooses Athens in his riper age. 
