 The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and...  Gleanings in England - Sivu 427tekijä(t) Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 sivua
...chapel arid the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they liad absolved their conscience: and (he first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 sivua
...chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences ; and the first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground, without yielding... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 sivua
...chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking,...first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the grcund, without yielding any fruits to the owners or the public. As a gentleman commoner, I was admitted... | |
 | 1830 - 336 sivua
...chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences ; and the first shoots of learning and ingenuity withered on the ground, without yielding... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 sivua
...chapel and the halL the coffee-house, and the common room, lill they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence. Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 sivua
...chapel and the hail, the coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 732 sivua
...chapel and the hall, the coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence. Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1837 - 662 sivua
...and the hall, the coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired weary and well satisfied, lo a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence. Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1839 - 754 sivua
...chapel and the hall, the coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired weary and well satisfied. to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence. Gibbon... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1846 - 726 sivua
...coffee-house, and the common room, till they retired weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. Prom the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their consciences." The student with such examples before him, might well be excused for indolence. Gibbon... | |
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