 Hall, and there find the boys' verses, 'De Peste'; it being their custom to make verses at Shrove-tide. I read several, and very good they were; better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long and longer than the whole Hall, by...  Notice of Windsor in Olden Times - Page 204by John Stoughton - 1844 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1865 - 808 pages
...to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were ; better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy ; and in rolls as long and longer than the whole hall by much." — Diary, vol. iii p. 165. Some accounts have also come down to us of the expenses of commensales,... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 528 pages
...to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were—better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long and...giving it to the College. Thence to the porter's, and in the absence of the butler, and did drink of the College beer, which is very good : and went... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1855 - 504 pages
...to make verses at Shrovo-tide. I read several, and very good they were ; better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long and longer than the whole Hall, by mnch. Here is a picture of Venice hung up, and a monument made of Sir H. Wotton's giving it to the... | |
 | Robert Richard Tighe - 1858 - 778 pages
...to make verses at Shrove-tide. I read several, and very good they were ; better, 1 think, than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long and...picture of Venice hung up, and a monument made of Sir H. Wotlon's giving it to the College. Thence to the porter's, in the absence of the butler, and did drink... | |
 | Howard Staunton - Education - 1865 - 622 pages
...verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were — better, I think, than ever I made when a boy, and in rolls as long and longer than the whole...picture of Venice hung up, and a monument made of Sir H. Wotton giving it to the college. Thence to the porter's, in the absence of the butler, and did drink... | |
 | England - 1865 - 814 pages
...to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were ; better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy ; and in rolls as long and longer than the whole hall by much." — Diary, vol. iii. p. 165. Some accounts have also come down to us of the expenses of commensales,... | |
 | England - 1865 - 802 pages
...to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were ; better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy ; and in rolls as long and longer than the whole hall by much." — Diary, vol. iii. p. 165. Some accounts have abo come down to us of the expenses of commensales,... | |
 | Howard Staunton - Education - 1869 - 658 pages
...up, and a monument made of Sir H. Wotton giving it to the College.1 Thence to the porter's, in tho absence of the butler, and did drink of the college beer, which is very good ; and into the back fields to see the scholars play ; and BO to the chapel," &c. Soon after the Lite Bev.... | |
 | Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte - 1875 - 620 pages
...custom to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several and very good they were, better I think than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long or longer than the whole hall by much."' In later times long Bacchus copies of Latin hexameters used... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton college - 1876 - 726 pages
...to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were — better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long and...H. Wotton's giving it to the College. Thence to the porters, and in the absence of the butler, and did drink of the College beer, which is very good :... | |
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