In Praise of Cambridge An Anthology in Prose And Verse
In Praise of Cambridge An Anthology in Prose And Verse
Sydney Philip Perigal Waterlow
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There was at the table himself and a Spanish Countess, a good, comely, and witty lady; three Fathers, and us. MR. SAMUEL PEPYS 65 Discourse good and pleasant. And here was an Oxford scholar in a Doctor of Lawe's gowne, sent from the College where the Embassador lay when the Court was there, to salute him before his return to Spain. This man, though a gentle sort of scholar, yet sat like a fool for want of French or Spanish, but [knew] only Latin, which he spoke like an Englishman, to one of the... Fathers. And by and by he and I to talk; and the company very merry at my defending Cambridge against Oxford ; and 1 made much use of my French and Spanish here, to my great content. But the dinner not extraordinary at all, either for quantity or quality. Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703. From Mr. H. B. Wheatley's edition of the Diary, 1893. 66 IN PRAISE OF CAMBRIDGE VIII DESCRIPTIVE Cambridge exceeds Oxford O noble Cambridge then, my most beloved town, In glory flourish still, to heighten thy renown ; In woman's perfect shape, still be thy emblem right, Where one hand holds a cup, the other bears a light.
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