 | 1831 - 272 pages
...upon the shelf His cap and gown, and store of learned pelf, By invitation, thought he'd take a roam, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Arriv'd, and pass'd the usual how d'ye do's, Inquiries for old friends and college news, " Well Tom, the road, what you saw worth discerning, How goes study... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...law, A dunce at syntax, but a dab at taw, — One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap and gown and stores of learned pelf, With all the deathless...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Returned, and passed the usual how-d'ye-does, Inquiries of old friends, and college news ; " Well,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...Dunce at Syntax, but a Dab at Taw, One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap and gown, and store of learned pelf, With all the deathless bards of Greece...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his Uncle's home. Arrived, and passed the usual " How d'ye do's," Inquiries of old friends, and College news. — " Well,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...law, A dunce at syntax, but a dab at taw, — One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap and gown and stores of learned pelf, With all the deathless...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Returned, and passed the usual how-d'ye does, Inquiries of old friends, and college news ; " Well,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...law, A dunce at syntax, but a dab at taw, — One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap and gown and stores of learned pelf, With all the deathless...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Returned, and passed the usual how-d'ye does, Inquiries of old friends, and college news ; " Well,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...a dab at taw, One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf Hit cap and gown, and atom of learned pelt, With all the deathless bards of Greece and Rome, To spend a fortnight at hit uncle1! home. Retunt'd, and put the utual ЫтчСуе-аоев, Inquiría of old friends, and... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 pages
...for the law, A dunce at syntax, but a dab at taw, One happy Christmas laid upon the shelf His cap and gown, and stores of learned pelf, With all the deathless...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Arrived and pass'd the usual how-d'ye-does, Inouiries of old friends, and college news — " Well,... | |
 | Reciter - 1848 - 262 pages
...the law, A dunce at Syntax, but a dab at taw, One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap and gown and stores of learned pelf. With all the deathless...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Arrived, and pass'd the usual how-d'ye-does, Inquiries of old friends, and college news : " Well, Tom,... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...at Syntax — but a dab at taw, One happy Christmas laid upon the shelf His cap and gown, and store of learned pelf; With all the deathless bards of Greece...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Arrived, and pass'd the usual How d'ye do's, Inquiries of old friends, and college news — SOUTHEY.... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...law, A dunce at syntax, but a dab at taw, — One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap and gown and stores of learned pelf, With all the deathless...and Rome, To spend a fortnight at his uncle's home. Returned, and passed the usual how-d' ye-do's, Inquiries of old friends, and college news. — " Well,... | |
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AN Eton stripling, training for the Law, A Dunce at Syntax, but a Dab at Taw, One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf His cap... 
