 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 Seiten
...afcornful frown, -vpill bs the ooly The fellows or monks of my time were decent eafy men , who fnpinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a feries of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall , the coffee-houfe and the common room,, till... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 520 Seiten
...fcornful frown, will be the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent eafy men, who dipinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a fcries of uniform employments j the chapel and the hall, the cofree-houfe and the common room, till... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 Seiten
...Cambridge, a silent blush, or a scornful frown, will be the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the...and the common room, till they retired, weary and well-satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 Seiten
...Cambridge, a silent blush, or a scornful frown, will be the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the...founder: their days were filled by a series of uniform meployments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 Seiten
...Cambridge, a silent blush, or a scornful frown, will be the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the...gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a scries of uniform form employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 Seiten
...the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gift« of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel arid the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 Seiten
...Cambridge, a silent blush, or a scornful frown, will be the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the...reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences ; and the first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground, without yielding... | |
 | 1830 - 336 Seiten
...Cambridge, a silent blush, or a scornful frown, will be the only reply. The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the...reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences ; and the first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground, without yielding... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 Seiten
...says. " were easy decent men, who supinely enjoyed I he gifts of their founder ; their days were fitted by a series of uniform employments; the chapel and the halL the coffee-house, and the common room, lill they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 Seiten
...the fault. " The fellows," he says, " were easy decent men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of their founder ; their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hail, the coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long... | |
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The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments — the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary... 
