Rambles through the British Isles . XXIIL Oxford. Fair city, wherein they makeSo many learned imps, that ehoote abrode,And witli tlieir tranches spread all Brittany.—.Spewser. OXFORD, tlae seat ofclassical learning, oflofty spires, pinnacles,and Gothic towers, issituated in the midst ofa group of grand oldtrees, on the bank ofthe Isis. As you ap-proach the place, the?whole city lies out be-fore you—its numeroussteeples and domes giv-ing it a grandeur ofappearance extremelyrare. The houses are ofstone and -vrell finished;colleges are to be met with on almost every street, with theirhigh walls,
Rambles through the British Isles . XXIIL Oxford. Fair city, wherein they makeSo many learned imps, that ehoote abrode,And witli tlieir tranches spread all Brittany.—.Spewser. OXFORD, tlae seat ofclassical learning, oflofty spires, pinnacles,and Gothic towers, issituated in the midst ofa group of grand oldtrees, on the bank ofthe Isis. As you ap-proach the place, the?whole city lies out be-fore you—its numeroussteeples and domes giv-ing it a grandeur ofappearance extremelyrare. The houses are ofstone and -vrell finished;colleges are to be met with on almost every street, with theirhigh walls, and warlike. He who could ramblethrough these quadrangles of ancient masonry, without strong and moving, is beyond hope. No one at all sus-ceptible of feeling, can think of the men, who once walkedthose streets, and were drilled within these crumbling \Iisi*=** Oxford. 201 ?witlioiit being deeply impressed with tlic cluiractor of thephice. Here were sehooled men whoso names stmul ;ton the roll of fame; men who achieved some of the greatestdeeds, made some of the most triumphant discoveries, andAvho have written some of the most important pages in theworlds history. All Hail! thou Alma Mater of Wickliflf, Wol-sey, Raleigh, Blackstone, Hampden, Hooker, Taylor, Butler,Young, Johnson, South, Harvey, Peel, Whitelield and theWesleys. In Oxford they have what no other city in the worldcan boast, ni/ietecii collctjes and one university. A month wouldnot for a description, and no pen can convey anythingbut a very faint idea of thoughts awakened, and emotionskindled, by a ramble among these glorious old literary University is a school for all the colleges, and its corpo-ration is styled .the Chancellor,Masters, and Scholars of theUniversity of Oxford. Connected with, or more properlyspeaking, constituting the i
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