Faceti Cantabrigienses Consisting of Anecdotes Smart Sayings Satirics Reto
Faceti Cantabrigienses Consisting of Anecdotes Smart Sayings Satirics Reto
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An eminent mathematician of Queen's College, now Tutor and King of that Ilk, was Senior Wrangler of his year with, perhaps, more dinstinction than any Cantab who ever took the same honour, being 700 marks above the next best man. He had with others to go into the " Schools" to a sort of Huddling, when the Moderators put a question to each in Latin. King having mounted the rostrum, the Moderator said to him with a significant smile, " Quis est Rex ?" " Socitis liegince " was the prompt and facet...ious reply of tlie Queen's Man.
A GREEK PUN.
Dr. Parr is said to have been averse to a play upon words, but his applause was once extorted by the following Greek pun, which was made in the course of a warm argument between Payne Knight and himself. The former having at the moment a visible advantage, and having made some remark which nettled tl)e Dr. , he, in a moment of irritation, exclaimed, — " Sir, this is not a fair argument, it is down- right impudence. " Payne Knight immediately replied, — " True, Doctor, the Greek word for it is n«{^'i(Tia.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
An eminent mathematician of Queen's College, now Tutor and King of that Ilk, was Senior Wrangler of his year with, perhaps, more dinstinction than any Cantab who ever took the same honour, being 700 marks above the next best man. He had with others to go into the " Schools" to a sort of Huddling, when the Moderators put a question to each in Latin. King having mounted the rostrum, the Moderator said to him with a significant smile, " Quis est Rex ?" " Socitis liegince " was the prompt and facet...ious reply of tlie Queen's Man.
A GREEK PUN.
Dr. Parr is said to have been averse to a play upon words, but his applause was once extorted by the following Greek pun, which was made in the course of a warm argument between Payne Knight and himself. The former having at the moment a visible advantage, and having made some remark which nettled tl)e Dr. , he, in a moment of irritation, exclaimed, — " Sir, this is not a fair argument, it is down- right impudence. " Payne Knight immediately replied, — " True, Doctor, the Greek word for it is n«{^'i(Tia.
What to read after Faceti Cantabrigienses Consisting of Anecdotes Smart Sayings Satirics Reto?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Richard Gooch to read onlineMoreLess
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