Henry George Liddell Dd Dean of Christ Church Oxford a Memoir
Henry George Liddell Dd Dean of Christ Church Oxford a Memoir
Thompson, Henry Lewis, 1840-
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These epigrams — supposed to be the boys' own composition — were rewarded by gifts of the silver pence ; the very best gained four coins : a four-penny, three-penny, two- penny, and penny piece ; the others were rewarded by a less complete set. Upon one occasion, when the challenges had revealed some mistake in the Lexicon, the thesis for school epigrams happened to be ' Scinbi77ius indocti doctiq2ie! A boy delivered the following epigram : Two men wrote a Lexicon, Liddell and Scott ; Some part...s were clever, but some parts were not. Hear, all ye learned, and read me this riddle, How the wrong part wrote Scott, and the right part wrote Liddell. The audacious poet survived the venture, and gained not only a hearty laugh, but a full comple- ment of pence, from the Headmaster. On another occasion, soon after the schoolroom had received its new and mean furniture, the thesis mutandus loais est was given out, and produced the no Ueadinastership of IVestminster [ch. Iv following epigram from the pen of one of the senior boys, now a dignified Registrar in Chancery : 'Mutandus locus est, ' and those who rule Act up to this ; improvements come in swarms.
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