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... COLLEGE 102 Roman Catholic Chapel 12 MAGDALENE Bridge COLLEGE HALL · 25 Roman Villa 194 - 27 Rooms of the Members ... MERTON COLLEGE 156 St. Mary Magdalene Church Mitre Inn 106 113 Mother George 90 St. Peter's in the East Church Museum ...
... COLLEGE 102 Roman Catholic Chapel 12 MAGDALENE Bridge COLLEGE HALL · 25 Roman Villa 194 - 27 Rooms of the Members ... MERTON COLLEGE 156 St. Mary Magdalene Church Mitre Inn 106 113 Mother George 90 St. Peter's in the East Church Museum ...
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... College 97 Botanic Garden 25 Jesus College 99 Magdalene College 27 Lincoln College 102 Magdalene Hall Queen's ... Merton College · 156 Wadham College Ashmolean Museum 89 Alban Hall 160 93 On leaving this Inn , turn on the right , pass by ...
... College 97 Botanic Garden 25 Jesus College 99 Magdalene College 27 Lincoln College 102 Magdalene Hall Queen's ... Merton College · 156 Wadham College Ashmolean Museum 89 Alban Hall 160 93 On leaving this Inn , turn on the right , pass by ...
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... Merton Peter Vaughan , D.D. Dean Warden 1810 of Chester . New Samuel ... Colleges and five Halls in the Univer- sity , and the number of Members on the books of ... College , and Regius Professor of Divinity . Chancellor . 1809 Right Hon ...
... Merton Peter Vaughan , D.D. Dean Warden 1810 of Chester . New Samuel ... Colleges and five Halls in the Univer- sity , and the number of Members on the books of ... College , and Regius Professor of Divinity . Chancellor . 1809 Right Hon ...
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... Merton College . Anglo - Saxon Professor . Rev. Thomas Silver , D.C.L. St. John's College . Vinerian Professor of Common Law . James Blackstone , D.C.L. Principal of New Inn Hall . Lord Lichfield's Clinical Professor . Martin Wall ...
... Merton College . Anglo - Saxon Professor . Rev. Thomas Silver , D.C.L. St. John's College . Vinerian Professor of Common Law . James Blackstone , D.C.L. Principal of New Inn Hall . Lord Lichfield's Clinical Professor . Martin Wall ...
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... College , and , when at the end of the lane ... Merton Grove , were taken down in 1737 , and rebuilt for the residence of Gentlemen Commoners , the number of which is , in this College , 152 CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE . 79 Corpus Christi College.
... College , and , when at the end of the lane ... Merton Grove , were taken down in 1737 , and rebuilt for the residence of Gentlemen Commoners , the number of which is , in this College , 152 CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE . 79 Corpus Christi College.
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Page 117 - I have mentioned, than that famous picture of king Charles the First, which has the whole book of psalms written in the lines of the face, and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers, and was reading the other...
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Page 33 - This is the emblem of a good Tutor, or Fellow of a College, who is set to watch over the youth of the Society, and by whose prudence they are to be led through the dangers of their first entrance into the world. The figure immediately following represents Sobriety, or Temperance, that most necessary virtue of a Collegiate life.
Page 163 - University, as it confers the power to inspect the conduct of its members, and to take cognizance of and punish all offences committed without the walls of a College. The Proctors are two Masters of Arts, of at least four years standing, and not more than ten, who are chosen annually out of the several Colleges by turns.
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Page 170 - As the term in which any one is matriculated, and that in which he takes his degree, are excepted, and two more are dispensed with by congregation, the residence may, in point of fact, be stated at twelve terms. The sons of the English, Scotch, and Irish peers, and the eldest sons of baronets and knights, when matriculated as such, and not on the foundation of any college, are allowed to have their degrees after having completed three years.
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