Nuts to crack; or Quips, quirks, anecdote and facete of Oxford and Cambridge Scholars — John Shaqi
Nuts to crack; or Quips, quirks, anecdote and facete of Oxford and Cambridge ScholarsGooch, Richard
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Nuts to crack; or Quips, quirks, anecdote and facete of Oxford and Cambridge Scholars
Gooch, Richard
University of Cambridge -- Anecdotes; University of Oxford -- Anecdotes
King of Denmark--King William IV. visit Cambridge 64, 65
Queen Elizabeth's Visit to Oxford and Cambridge 66, 67
First Dissenter in England 67
First English Play extant by Cambridge Scholar 68
Christ-Church Scholars Invented moveable Scenes 70
James I. at Oxford and Cambridge 71
Divinity Act--Latin Comedy 76, 77
Case of Precedence--Smothered in Petticoats 78, 79
Brief Account of Boar's Head Carols 79
Celebration of, at Queen's College, Oxon 83
Cleaving Block--Being little 84, 85
Traits of Porson--Wakefield--Clarke 87, 88
Blue Beans--University Bedels--Dr. Bentley 89, 90
Great Gaudy All-Souls Mallard 91
Oxford Dream--Compliments to Learned Men 96, 98
Point of Etiquette--Value of Syllable 101, 102
Cocks may Crow--Profane Scoffers 102
Jemmy Gordon--Oxford Wag 103, 106
Cambridge Frolics--Black Rash 107, 108
Old Grizzle Wig--Shooting Anecdotes 109, 110
Bishop Watson's Progress--Paley, &c. 111, 115
Oxford Hoax--Good Saying 116, 117
Walpole a Saint--Oxford famous for its Sophists, &c. 118
Laconic Vice--Usum Oxon--Pert Oxonians 120, 121
Corrupted Latin Tongue--Surpassed Aristotle, &c. 121
Set Aristotle Heels upwards--Art of Cutting 122, 123
Soldiers at Oxford Disputation, &c. 123
Captain Rag--Dainty Morsels 124, 125
Answered in Kind--Powers of Digestion 126, 127
Inside Passenger--Traits of Paley 128, 129
Lord Burleigh and Dissenters--Sayings 134, 135
Porson--Greek Protestants at Oxon 135, 136
Cambridge Folk--Gyps--Drops of Brandy--Dessert for
Twenty, &c. 137, 138
Parr's Eloquence--Address--Vanity, &c. 140
Trick of the Devil--Three Classical Puns 142, 143
Acts--Pleasant Story--Epigram--Revenge 144, 145
Mothers' Darlings--Fathers' Favourites 146, 147
Iter Academicum--A Story 148, 149
Anecdotes of Freshmen 150
Lord Eldon--Whissonset Church 151, 152
Boots--Yellow Stockings--Fashion Hair 153, 154
Barber dressed--First Prelate wore Wig 155, 159
Boots, Spurs, &c.
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