 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 ページ
...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 and well-satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 ページ
...gift« of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel arid the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till...the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they liad absolved their conscience: and (he first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 ページ
...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...reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences ; and the first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground, without yielding... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 ページ
...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...first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the grcund, without yielding any fruits to the owners or the public. As a gentleman commoner, I was admitted... | |
 | 1830 - 336 ページ
...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...reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences ; and the first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground, without yielding... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 ページ
...men, who supinely enjoyed I he gifts of their founder ; their days were fitted by a series of uniform employments; the chapel and the halL the coffee-house, and the common room, lill they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 ページ
...their founder ; their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hail, the coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired...reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 ページ
...men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of their founder ; their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house,...reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence. Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 662 ページ
...men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of their founder ; their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house,...room, till they retired weary and well satisfied, lo a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences."... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1838 - 728 ページ
...men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of their 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 and ^ell satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved... | |
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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 scries of uniform form employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, -weary... 
