ROWLANDSON’S OXFORD
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ROWLANDSON’S OXFORD
BY
A. HAMILTON GIBBS
(ST JOHN’S COLLEGE)
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. LTD.
1911
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| THE UNDERGRADUATE THEN AND NOW | |
| Blissful ignorance—The real education—Empty schools—Manhood—Lonely freshers—The“pi” man—The newcomer’s metamorphosis—The Lownger’s day—Regrets at being down | 1-8 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRESHER | |
| First arrival—Footpads and “easy pads”—Farewell to parents—A forlorn animal—TerraeFilius’s advice—Much prayers—“Hell has no fury like a woman scorned”—The disadvantages of a conscience | 9-17 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRESHER—(continued) | |
| Ceremony of matriculation—Paying the swearing-broker—Colman and the Vice-Chancellor—Learningthe Oxford manner—Homunculi Togati—Academia and a mother’s love—Thejovial father—Underground dog-holes and shelving garrets—The harpy and the sheets—The first night | 18-28 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE SMART | |
| Valentine Frippery and his letter—Boiled chicken and pettitoes—Lyne’s coffee-house and thebillet doux—Tick—Liquor capacity—A Smart advises The Student—Latin odes for tradesmen only | 29-38 |
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| CHAPTER V | |
| THE TOAST | |
| Terrae Filius sums her up—Merton Wall butterflies—Hearne comments—Flavia and theorange tree—Dick, the sloven—The President under her thumb—Amhurst’s table of cons.—King Charles and the other place | 39-45 |
| CHAPTER VI< ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |