Reliquiae Hearnianae

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tory clergy to wear their master's gowns, (if they have proceeded in the degree of master of arts at either of the universities, ) which much displeases the whiggs and the enemies of the universities, who all go in pudding-sleeve gowns. Feb. 18. Out of a letter from Mr. Baker, of Cambridge, dated the 16th...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tory clergy to wear their master's gowns, (if they have proceeded in the degree of master of arts at either of the universities, ) which much displeases the whiggs and the enemies of the universities, who all go in pudding-sleeve gowns. Feb. 18. Out of a letter from Mr. Baker, of Cambridge, dated the 16th of this month. It will be no news to tell you, that Dr. Snape (master of Eaton) is chosen provost of King's college, which, tho' it be a good choice S yet, I doubt, they may loose the court by it, and their hopefull expectations of a new building. The late provost's' death was an unhappy blow to them; all things were prepared and adjusted, and he only wanted the ceremony of being introduced, when his sudden death dasht all. March 23. Mr. Eyston told me, that Dugdale's Baronage cost him but about 30 shillings, whereas pow it is worth about five libs. I gave four libs. for one myself. He said he bought Dugdale's Warwickshire for considerably under 30 shillings. The catalogue of the MSS. of England and Ireland was sold two days since, in an auction at Oxford, for 8. It is worth 17.v. Hearne says, in another place, On Thursday, May 26 last, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Snape resigned h1s place of head school-master of Eaton, upon his being elected provost of King's college, Cambridge, at which time be made a most affectionate speech to the scholars, which drew tears from their eye. 1 Dr. Adams, who writ of self murther against Dr. Donne. T. H. chapter{{Section 4June 26. Faucis abhinc annis Oxoniam venit sartor quidam Norvicensis, Wilde nomine, commenda- tus ab Humphr. Prideaux, et Thoma Tannero, hoc cancellario, illo decano Norvicensi. Homo iste, oc- cupatione relicta, nunc linguae Arabicae operam dat, quumque sit plane indefessus mirum est quantum in eadem profecerit. Atq...