A History of the University of OxfordLongmans, Green, 1894 - 235 pages |
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... less note , have been freely consulted by me . I have also made use of the Merton College Register , which has been kept with few interruptions since the year 1482 , and of other MSS . documents in the posses- sion of my own College ...
... less note , have been freely consulted by me . I have also made use of the Merton College Register , which has been kept with few interruptions since the year 1482 , and of other MSS . documents in the posses- sion of my own College ...
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... less that any college , existed at Oxford in the reign of Alfred , who was born in the neighbouring town of Wantage . The very contrary may reasonably be inferred from the negative fact that Asser , in his contemporary biography of ...
... less that any college , existed at Oxford in the reign of Alfred , who was born in the neighbouring town of Wantage . The very contrary may reasonably be inferred from the negative fact that Asser , in his contemporary biography of ...
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... less vigorous members of yeomen's or tradesmen's families ; not a few sprang from the very lowest ranks , and actually begged their way to Oxford . The majority had pro- bably come as mere schoolboys , at the age of eleven or twelve ...
... less vigorous members of yeomen's or tradesmen's families ; not a few sprang from the very lowest ranks , and actually begged their way to Oxford . The majority had pro- bably come as mere schoolboys , at the age of eleven or twelve ...
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... less than forty - a highly deterrent penalty in the reign of Henry VI . It is to be observed that while the parade of arms within the chancellor's jurisdiction is prohibited , the possession of them is rather taken for granted , since ...
... less than forty - a highly deterrent penalty in the reign of Henry VI . It is to be observed that while the parade of arms within the chancellor's jurisdiction is prohibited , the possession of them is rather taken for granted , since ...
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... less menial services in return for their instruction , and were sometimes enabled to bor- row from the University Chest ; at other times they relapsed into mendicity , and asked for alms on the public highways . There were no libraries ...
... less menial services in return for their instruction , and were sometimes enabled to bor- row from the University Chest ; at other times they relapsed into mendicity , and asked for alms on the public highways . There were no libraries ...
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