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318 Blast the fair face of day; and, madly bold, To Freedom's foes infernal orgies hold."

Warton was solicited to write a reply, and published accordingly the "Triumph of Isis," in which, after a satirical sneer at the "venal sons of slavish Cam," he proceeds to the defence of his University with considerable dignity, recounts some of the great names that adorn her annals, and concludes with a panegyric on her reputed founder, King Alfred.

The following extracts will afford a specimen of the style of this piece—

Edward the Black Prince, who was a member of Queen's College, is thus referred to.

At that time the Bachelors and Gentlemen Commoners of Trinity had a common room of their own. It was