 Oxford, and the law professor sent me the first lecture, which I had to read immediately to the students, and which I began without knowing a single word that was in it. It was upon the statute of young men running away with maidens. Fancy me reading,...  A Book about Lawyers - Page 90by John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1867 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Twiss - Great Britain - 1844 - 534 pages
...statute of young men running away with maidens.* Fancy me reading, with about one hundred and forty boys and young men all giggling at the professor. Such a tittering audience no one ever had." " The first cause I ever decided was an apple-pie cause : I must tell you of it, Mary. I was, you know,... | |
 | Horace Twiss - History - 1844 - 536 pages
...the students, and which I began without knowing a single word that was in it. It was upon the statute of young men running away with maidens.* Fancy me reading, with about one hundred and forty boys and young men all giggling at the professor. Such a tittering audience no... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1845 - 690 pages
...statute of young men running away with maidens. Fancy me reading, with about one hundred and forty boys and young men all giggling at the professor. Such a tittering audience no one ever had.' ' — Vol. i. p. 91. After keeping his terms during the requisite quarterly solemnities, Mr. Scott... | |
 | 1845 - 672 pages
...statute of young men running away with maidens. Fancy me reading, with about one hundred and forty boys and young men all giggling at the professor. Such a tittering audience no one ever had.'"—Vol. i., p. 91. This reminiscence of Dr. Johnson at Oxford is characteristic :— " ' If put... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 758 pages
...the students, and which I began without knowing a single word that was in it. It was upon the statute of young men running away with maidens. Fancy me reading, with about one hundred and forty boys and young men all giggling at the professor. Such a tittering audience no... | |
 | 430 pages
...immediatdy to the students, and which I began without knowing a word that was in it. It was upon the statute of young men running away with maidens. Fancy me reading, with about one hundred and forty boys and young men giggling at the professor ! Such a tittering audience no one... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 560 pages
...and which I began without knowing a single word that was in it. It was upon the statute (4 & 5 P. & M. c. 8.) * Of young men running away with maidens,'...Professor! Such a tittering audience no one ever had !" He likewise eked out his income by private pupils sent to him from University College ; and with... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 566 pages
...and which I began without knowing a single word that was in it. It was upon the statute (4 & 5 P. & M. c. 8.) ' Of young men running away with maidens.'...boys and young men all giggling at the Professor! Suoh a tittering audience no one ever had!" He likewise eked out his income by private pupils sent... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 378 pages
...Eldon, in relating the above, used to say, " Fancy me reading with about one hundred and forty hoys and young men all giggling at the Professor. Such a tittering audience no one ever had." He used also to say the church was "his first mistress ;" and it was not until all chance of a college... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - Lawyers - 1866 - 266 pages
...the students, and which I began without knowing a single word that was in it. It was upon the statute of young men running away with maidens. Fancy me reading with about one hundred and forty boys and young men, all giggling at the professor. Such a tittering audience... | |
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