Word: magdalenes
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...college of Milton, called Christ's, is of small extent and possesses few objects of interest save the celebrated mulberry tree that belonged to John Milton. Sir Christopher Wren built the library of Pembroke College. Spencer, Gray, and Wm. Pitt are among its alumni. Jesus, now called Magdalen College, possesses three entire libraries, and treasures among its relics, the original Mss of Pepy's. Diary...
...lane, and he had not survived the creation of the first batch of married fellows. How he had got into this thoroughly wrong paradise was a mystery which he made no attempt to explain. "A nice place this, eh?" he said to me; "nice gardens; remind me of Magdalen a good deal. It seems, however, to be decidedly rather gay just now, don't you think so? Commemoration week, perhaps, a great many young ladies up, certainly; a good deal of cup drunk in the gardens, too, I always did prefer to go down in Commemoration week myself; never...
...architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, was a fellow of All Souls, and Froude, the historian, of Jesus College. Dr. Johnson studied at Pembroke, and many of his copybooks and manuscripts are to be seen there. Blackstone, of law fame, was also a student of this college. Magdalen, although not the most celebrated for learning or age, has the most beautiful surroundings, and is perhaps a favorite among the English. Brasenose gets its peculiar name from the fact that one of its halls stands on the site of an old brasen-hus or brewery of Alfred the Great...
...midst of the noise and bustle of the town of Oxford, and within a stones throw of the classic Isis stands Magdalen College, if not the oldest, at least one of the most celebrated colleges of the "town of learning." The view of the college from the High street on which it stands is disappointing, and it is only on walking out upon the bridge over the river that the beauty of the buildings appears. The most noticeable feature is the Gothic tower rising one hundred and fifty feet from the low lying building that surround...
...striking; the elaborately carved screen dividing it into two parts spoiling the symmetry of the aisles, while the stained glass windows are not particularly rich, most of the original glass having been broken by the Roundheads during the parliamentary wars. The organ is an excellent instrument and the Magdalen choir is one of the best in Oxford. A stone stairway leads to the Great Hall, which is well paneled with old oak and contains some good pictures by old masters, mostly portraits.-Opposite the hall and just above the cloisters is the library, rich in books and manuscripts, among...