 If I were not a king, I would be a university man ; * " and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, I would desire to have no other prison than that library, and to be chained together with so many good authors et mortuis magistris.  How to Get the Best Out of Books - Page 98by Richard Le Gallienne - 1904 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | G. A. E. Bogeng - 1922 - 560 pages
...his departure, brake out into that noble speech: ,If I were not a King, I would by a University man: and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I...desire to have no other prison than that library, and to be chained together with so many good authors, et mortuis magistris.'" Burton fährt dann an... | |
 | Edward Thomas - 1922 - 350 pages
...his departure brake out into that noble speech, If I were not a King, I would be an University man ; and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, 1 would desire to have no other prison than that Library, and to be chained together with so many good... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1927 - 404 pages
...Bodleian Library, where he " did break out into noble speech," and declared, with evident sincerity, " If I might have my wish, I would desire to have no other prison than this Library, and to be chained together with so many good authors." The sentiment did credit to a... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 690 pages
...viewing the Bodleian Library at Oxford, he exclaimed, ' were I not a King I would be a University-man ; and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, I would have no other prison than this library, and be chained together with these good authors." " 9 Robert... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1999 - 550 pages
...first visit to the Bodleian Library at Oxford : " If I were not a King, I would be a University man ; and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, I would desire OF JOHN AUBREY to have no other prison than that Library, and to be chained together with so many good... | |
 | Nigel Griffin - 2001 - 262 pages
...his departure broke out into that noble speech, "If I were not a King, I would be a University man; And if it were so that I must be a Prisoner, if I...desire to have no other Prison than that Library, and to be chained together with so many good Authors, et mortuis magistris".' 14 The change in the... | |
 | John Tiffin, Lalita Rajasingham - 2003 - 190 pages
...knowledge it contained. King James I of England on visiting the Bodleian at Oxford was moved to say, 'if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I might...would desire to have no other prison than that Library and to be chained together with so many good Authors' (Burton 1913: 105). The great library of Alexandria... | |
 | Edward Thomas - 2005 - 304 pages
...his departure brake out into that noble speech, If I were not a King, 1 would be an University man; and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if I...desire to have no other prison than that Library, and to be chained together with so many good Authors et mortuis magistris. So sweet is the delight... | |
 | 1915 - 844 pages
...Bodleian Library said : — " If I were not a King, I would be a university man ; and if it were so that 1 must be a prisoner, if I might have my wish, I would desire no other prison than that Library, and to be chained together with so many good authors." ORIGINAL... | |
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