...difficulty of reconciling the Septuagint with the Hebrew computation. I arrived at Oxford with a flock of erudition , that might have puzzled a doctor, and...ignorance, of which a fchool-boy would have been afhamed. At the conclufion of this firfl period of my life, I am tempted to enter a proteft againft the trite...

...Hebrew computation. I arrived at Oxford with aftock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doftor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a fchool-boy would have been afhamed. At the conclufion of this firft period of my life, I am tempted to enter a proteft againft the trite...

...Hebrew computation. I ar-v rived at Oxford with a ftock of erudition, tint might have puzzled a doftor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a fchool-boy would have been aihamed." " To tlie univerfity of Oxford / acknowlege no obligation; and ihe will as cheerfully renounce...

...Hebrew computation. I arrived at Oxford with a llock of erudition that might have puzzled a doftor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a fchool-boy would have been afliamed." At the conclufion of this firft period of his life, Mr. Gibbon was tempted to enter a proteft...

...the difficulty of reconciling the Septuagint with the Hebrew computation. I arrived at Oxford with a ftock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doctor,...ignorance, of which a fchool-boy would have been afhamed. To the univerfity of Oxford / acknowledge no obligation; and (lie will as cheerfully renounce me for...

...the melodies of his native tongue. Gibbon describes himself as taking with him to Oxford 'a ' stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a ' degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ' ashamed.' Milton probably had nothing to be ashamed of on the one score,...

...usual in a literary progress at that period of life. " I arrived at Oxford," says he, " with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed." In this state it is evident that he was ill prepared to receive...

...that of some others at the same period of life. He says of himself: I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed. Under such circumstances, he was but ill prepared to receive the...

...difficulty of reconciling the Septuagint with the Hebrew computation. I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed. • At the conclusion of this first period of my life, I am tempted...

...matriculated as a gentleman commoner of Magdalencollege. To Oxford, he informs us, he brought " a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a school-boy would have been ashamed." During the last three years, although sickness interrupted a regular...