Thou dear old College ! by whatever name Natives or strangers call our ' Oxford Queen,' To me, from days long past, thou'rt aye the same,— Maudlin,—or Magdalen,—or Magdalene. Recollections of Oxford - Page 4de George Valentine Cox - 1870 - 460 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Shrimpton, Thomas and son, publishers - 1871 - 74 pages
...localisms. There are three distinct spellings, viz., Maudlin, Magdalen, and Magdalene, hence the lines : " Thou dear old College, by whatever name Natives or...call our ' Oxford Queen,' To me, from days long past, thou art the same. Maudlin— or Magdalen — or Magdalene." The terms Maudlin and Magdalen are synonymous... | |
| William Mathews - 1877 - 416 pages
...here, in ages to come, will many other Englishmen, of equal genius, echo the words of Antony a' Wood: "Thou dear old college, by whatever name Natives or...call our Oxford " Queen," To me. from days long past, thou art the tame, Maudlin — or Magdalen — or Magdalene." Leaving Magdalen, we next proceed to... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1877 - 698 pages
...Testament to the erring but faithful and penitent Mary. The nameof a celebrated College at Oxford. Thon dear old college by whatever name Natives or strangers...call our Oxford Queen, To me, from days long past thou art the same, Maudlin, or Alagdalon, or Magdalene. The terms "maudlin" and " magdalen " are synomoiis,... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1877 - 644 pages
...but faithful and penitent Mary. The namcof a celebrated College at Oxford. Thon dear old college b}- whatever name Natives or strangers call our Oxford Queen, To me, from days long past thou art the same, Maudlin, or Magdalen, or Magdalene. The terms "maudlin" and " magdalen " are meaning... | |
| William Angus Knight - 1911 - 296 pages
...angel melody ? JOHN WIISON " (1785-1854). 1 American man of letters. MAGDALEN COLLEGE *••••* HAVING been educated in the School and Choir of Magdalen...lesson from the young man in The Spectator, whose toast ' Elizabeths' was by acclamation cut down to plain ' Bess '. . . . GEOBGE VALENTINE Cox1 (1786-1875).... | |
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