The Oxford University and City Guide: On a New Plan Containing a Full Description of the Colleges, Halls, Public Buildings, Libraries, Gardens, Walks, Pictures and Statues, in Oxford, with an Account of the Dresses, Examinations, Degrees, Distinctive Ranks, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Members of the University. To which is Added A Guide to Blenheim, the Seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough; Also an Account of Two Roman Villas, &cH. Slatter, 1859 - 232 pages |
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... stone of the buildings for making gas , for the purpose of lighting the University and City , was laid by four Gentlemen of the Gas - light Committee . These buildings are erected on the banks of the Isis , in a ground near Littlegate ...
... stone of the buildings for making gas , for the purpose of lighting the University and City , was laid by four Gentlemen of the Gas - light Committee . These buildings are erected on the banks of the Isis , in a ground near Littlegate ...
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... stone Bridge , over the Cher- well , is 526 feet in length , and was built , under the direction of Mr. Gwynn , in 1779. On the right - hand is a view of Magdalen Walk ; on the left is seen , at a greater distance , part of the ...
... stone Bridge , over the Cher- well , is 526 feet in length , and was built , under the direction of Mr. Gwynn , in 1779. On the right - hand is a view of Magdalen Walk ; on the left is seen , at a greater distance , part of the ...
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... Stone , sen . from a design by Inigo Jones ; the charge for its construction was upwards of 500l . It is ornamented with a bust of the Earl of Danby . On the right and left are statues of Charles I. and II . which were purchased with ...
... Stone , sen . from a design by Inigo Jones ; the charge for its construction was upwards of 500l . It is ornamented with a bust of the Earl of Danby . On the right and left are statues of Charles I. and II . which were purchased with ...
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... stone from the neighbourhood of Ciren- cester , in Gloucestershire . To the left of this Aquarium will be found specimens of the various grasses ; and the plants which are employed in Medicine , Agriculture , and the Arts . The ground ...
... stone from the neighbourhood of Ciren- cester , in Gloucestershire . To the left of this Aquarium will be found specimens of the various grasses ; and the plants which are employed in Medicine , Agriculture , and the Arts . The ground ...
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... stone pulpit , from which the anniversary Sermon , on the festival of St. John the Baptist , was formerly preached ; on which occasion the Court was fitted up with green boughs , in allusion to the preaching of St. John in the ...
... stone pulpit , from which the anniversary Sermon , on the festival of St. John the Baptist , was formerly preached ; on which occasion the Court was fitted up with green boughs , in allusion to the preaching of St. John in the ...
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aisle altar ancient Ante-Chapel Archbishop Archbishop of York architect beautiful benefactors Bishop of Lincoln Bishop of Winchester BLENHEIM building built bust Caracci Chancellor Chapel Charles Christ Church City College Common Room contains Convocation curious Dean Dean Aldrich Divinity dress Duchess Duchess of Marlborough Duke of Marlborough Earl east Edward elegant engraved entrance erected feet in length Fellows figures formerly Founder front Gallery Garden gateway George Gothic Hall handsome Head Henry Henry VIII Holbein House Ionic order James John King Kneller Landscape late Library Lord Madonna and Child Magdalen Magdalen College marble Mary memory Merton Merton College miles monument north side number of members opposite Oriel Oriel College ornamented Oxford painted Porter's Lodge portraits presented Prince Principal Proctors Provost quadrangle Queen Radcliffe Rector residence Rubens Scholars Sir Thomas Society statue stone Street Titian tower University Vandyck Vice-Chancellor Visitor-The Wadham College wainscot walk William window
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Page 141 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 78 - ... by the sight of the Gorgon's head on Pallas's shield, against which she in vain opposes her snaky tresses ; her fall is so precipitous, that she has no command of her arms. Then RAPINE, with her fiery eyes and grinning teeth, her hands imbrued in blood, holding a bloody dagger in one hand, in the other a burning torch, threatening the destruction of learning and its habitations; but she is overcome by the Herculean Genius of POWER and BRAVERY. Next is represented brutish scoffing IGNORANCE, endeavouring...
Page 138 - To the Glory of God, and in grateful commemoration of His servants, Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer, Prelates of the Church of England, who, near this spot, yielded their bodies to be burned ; bearing witness to the sacred truths which they had affirmed and maintained against the errors of the Church of...
Page 177 - The buildings of this Hall compose a quadrangle, formed by the Principal's Lodgings on the north, the Hall and Chapel on the south, and on the east and west by apartments for the students. The CHAPEL was built in 1640, at the expense of several benefactors. In 1777, John Oswald, Bishop of Raphoe, gave 100/.
Page 204 - The dress of the Chancellor is of black damask silk, richly ornamented with gold embroidery, a rich lace band, and square velvet cap, with a large gold tassel. " The Proctors wear gowns of prince's stuff, the sleeves and facings of black velvet; to the left shoulder is affixed a small tippet. To this is added, as a dress, a large ermine hood. " The Pro-Proctor wears a Master of Arts' gown, faced with velvet, with a tippet attached to the left shoulder.
Page 30 - Going on to the right hand, on the other side of the gateway, are four figures, viz., the Schoolmaster, the Lawyer, the Physician, and the Divine. These are ranged along the outside of the library, and represent the duties and business of the students of the house.
Page 191 - Persons who have migrated from one College or Hall, in the manner prescribed by the Statutes, and have been admitted in some other College or Hall within the space of three months, are deemed to have had their names constantly on the books, provided that during this interval they have not avoided any exercise or other burden which the University requires to be borne by its members. Doctors and Masters of Arts, who have ceased to be Members of the University, and afterwards return to it; or who have...
Page 99 - Theology ; to induce a mental habit of associating the view of natural phenomena with the conviction that they are the media of Divine manifestation ; and, by such association, to give proper dignity to every branch of natural science.
Page 36 - ... College. At the entrance of the Water Walk there formerly stood a very large and ancient oak, which fell down in 1789. Of the timber of this tree a very handsome chair was made, which is an article of furniture in the President's Lodgings. This College was founded in 1456, by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor in the reign of Henry VI. for a President, forty Fellows, thirty Demies (Scholars so called on account of their originally being entitled to half-commons only),...
Page 139 - The holy catholic or universal church, which is the communion of saints, the house of God, the city of God, the spouse of Christ, the body of Christ, the pillar and stay of the truth ; this church I believe, according to the Creed ; this church I do reverence, and honour in the Lord.