Umfang:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Ausgabe:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9780191506123
Inhalt:
King James I once said that if he were not a king he would like to be an Oxford man. `I was a modest, good-humoured boy,' wrote Max Beerbohm, `it is Oxford that has made me insufferable.'An entertaining blend of fact and anecdote, this is a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of a unique city, which has given its name to a marmalade, bags, a grey, shoes, a Group, a Movement, a dictionary, and an accent. Written in elegant, witty prose, this is a delightful portrait of the home of the MG and the university which educated twenty-three British prime ministers. - ;King James I once said that if he were not a king he would like to be an Oxford man. `I was a modest, good-humoured boy,' wrote Max Beerbohm, `it is Oxford that has made me insufferable.'An entertaining blend of fact and anecdote, this is a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of a unique city, which has given its name to a marmalade, bags, a grey, shoes, a Group, a Movement, a dictionary, and an accent. Written in elegant, witty prose, this is a delightful portrait of the home of the MG and the university which educated twenty-three British prime ministers. -.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Contents -- ONE -- 1. Piebald -- TWO -- 2. Rich Mixture -- 3. Town and Country -- 4. Universitas Oxoniensis -- 5. Ornery -- 6. College Spirit -- 7. No Good Aire -- 8. Fauna and Flora -- 9. Sorts and Conditions -- 10. Pleasures -- THREE -- 11. The Look of It -- FOUR -- 12. Learning -- 13. Vineyard of the Lord -- 14. Compact of Ancient Tales -- 15. The Ark -- 16. The Argosy -- 17. In Art -- 18. Right of Way -- 19. Distant Trumpets -- 20. The Heart of Things -- FIVE -- 21. Gone Away! -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780192820655
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780192820655
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1173595
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Morris, Jan 1926-2020
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