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King James I once said that if he were not a king he would like to be an Oxford man. `I was a modest, good-humoured boy, ' wrote Max Beerbohm, `it is Oxford that has made me insufferable.'An entertaining blend of fact and anecdote, this is a classic account of the character, history, mores...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, UK,
1987.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | King James I once said that if he were not a king he would like to be an Oxford man. `I was a modest, good-humoured boy, ' wrote Max Beerbohm, `it is Oxford that has made me insufferable.'An entertaining blend of fact and anecdote, this is a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of a unique city, which has given its name to a marmalade, bags, a grey, shoes, a Group, a Movement, a dictionary, and an accent. Written in elegant, witty prose, this is a delightful portrait of the home of the MG and the university which educated twenty-three British prime mi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780191506123 0191506125 0192820656 9780192820655 129947442X 9781299474420 |