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John Oxon had moved her, bringing to her her first knowledge of buoyant, ardent youth, and blooming strength and beauty; for Dunstanwolde she had felt gratitude and affection; but than these there had been no others who even distantly had touched her heart.
I thinly I can see the Bishops of Winton, Sarum, and Oxon; and all that you say by way of comment on what is going off in the Church at home interests me exceedingly. You can't think what a treat your letters are. 'You see Mr.
In Cornwall, too, it seems to have been the custom to plant "stumps of trees" before the houses, as well as to decorate them with boughs and blossoms. And Mr. Aubrey says, "At Woodstock in Oxon they every May-eve goe into the parke, and fetch away a number of haw-thorne-trees, which they set before their dores; 'tis a pity that they make such a destruction of so fine a tree."
Most conspicuous this: Gul. Cookeson E. Coll. Omn. Anim. 1725. Oxon. O William Cookeson, of All-Souls College, Oxford, then writing as I now write, now in the dust, where I shall lie, is this line all that remains to thee of earthly remembrance? Thy name is at least once more spoken by living men; is it a pleasure to thee?
"Those two she rescued also," answered Mistress Anne in a low voice. "She found them in a thieves' haunt being trained as pickpockets. They are the cast-off offspring of a gentleman who lived an evil life." "Was she told his name?" "Yes," Mistress Anne said, lower still; "'twas a gentleman who was lost. Sir John Oxon."
Her ladyship rode out in the morning hoping, 'twas said, that the fresh air and exercise would restore her strength and spirits. She rode without attendant, and towards the country, and in the high road Sir John Oxon joined her. "I did not know he had been out of town," she said, when the mystery was discussed. "He did not say so.
If she was waiting, she did not wait long, nor, to be sure, would she have long waited if she had been kept by any daring laggard. This was not her way. 'Twas not a laggard who came soon, stepping hurriedly with light feet upon the grass, as though he feared the sound which might be made if he had trodden upon the gravel. It was Sir John Oxon who came towards her in his riding costume.
But, as Mr. Ward, like others, neglects to bring any proof of his assertion, the question cannot fairly be decided by his authority. Orig. Edit. First printed in The Student, 1751. Vide Wood's Ath. Ox. Orig. Edit. Vide Wood's Ath. Ox. Orig. Edit. Vide Wood's Hist. Univ. Ox. Orig. Edit. Vide Wood's Hist. Antiq. Oxon. Orig. Edit.
I confess I had the happiness to be particularly known to him for about the space of twenty years; and, in Oxon, to enjoy his conversation, and his learned and pious instructions while he was Regius Professor of Divinity there. Another little story I must not pass in silence, being an argument of Dr. Sanderson's piety, great ability, and judgment, as a casuist.
Your affectionate friend, London, May 10, 1678. I. "LOGICÆ ARTIS COMPENDIUM. Oxon. 1615." 8vo. II. "PHYSICÆ SCIENTIÆ COMPENDIUM,
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