 | George Charles Brodrick - 1886 - 284 Seiten
...given up even the- pretence of teaching.' He testifies that, in his time, ' the Fellows of Magdalen were decent easy men who supinely enjoyed the gifts...the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common-room; till they retired, weary and well-satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading,... | |
 | George Charles Brodrick - 1886 - 280 Seiten
...time, ' the Fellows of Magdalen were decent easy men who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the Pounder ; 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 and well -satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1887 - 1040 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 employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1890 - 848 Seiten
...its history had Oxford reached such a depth of degeneracy. 'The fellows of my time,' savs Gibbon, ' were decent easy men who supinely enjoyed the gifts...uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-nouse and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1892 - 458 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...uniform employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee house and the 1 First published in 1753. common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied,... | |
 | Oliver Throck Morton - 1892 - 236 Seiten
...apostasy. Tutors were listless, and proctorial authority limp. " The fellows of Magdalen," says Gibbon, "were decent, easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder. . . . From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." This... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 540 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...were filled by a series of uniform employments, the Chappel and the Hall, the Coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1896 - 466 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...were filled by a series of uniform employments, the Chappel and the Hall, the Coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 Seiten
...and 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 30 employments — the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room — till they retired,... | |
 | William Francis Barry - 1904 - 286 Seiten
...Magdalen in 1752, is yet more copious and emphatic. " The Fellows, or monks of my time," he says, " were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts...the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common-room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading,... | |
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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... 
