There the townsmen gave way; but being pursued with horrible oaths and blows as far as Carfax, they rallied again under the shadow of that sacred edifice ; and received there a welcome reinforcement from the purlieus of the Staffordshire Canal, and the... Reginald Dalton - Page 266by John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 337 pagesFull view - About this book
| England - 1824 - 758 pages
...elegant tussle, which lasted for five minutes, opposite to the side-porch of All-Souls. There tlie townsmen gave way ; but being pursued with horrible...down each murky plebeian alley, the snoring mechanic duffed his night-cap to the Riorum of — ' Town ! Town !' Long and loud the tumult continued in its... | |
| Scotland - 1824 - 792 pages
...done away with. It was now that the Proctor, even the portly Proctor, shewed that he had sat at t lie feet of other Jacksons besides Cyril ; — ' For he...retreating band passed its venerable precincts, the lond, the shrilly summons of —'»Gown ! Gown ¡'—while down each murky plebeian alley, the snoring... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1824 - 570 pages
...Charwell toward St. Clement's parish, the war still lingered in fragments, and was renewed at intervals. ' In a word, there was an elegant tussle which lasted...plain instincts and their few plain rules." At every College-gate sounded, as the retreating band passed its venerable precincts, the loud, the shrilly... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1824 - 100 pages
...reinforcement from the purlieus of the Staffordshire Canal, and the ingenuous youth of Penny-farthingstreet. Once more the tide of war was turned; the gowned phalanx...venerable precincts, the loud, the shrilly summons of — 'GownJ Gown!' — while down each murky plebeian alley, the snoring mechanic doffed his night-cap... | |
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