Magdalen Bridge, Oxford


Walks in Oxford;: comprising an original, historical, and descriptive account of the colleges, halls, and public buildings of the University (1818) by W. M. Wade

Of peculiar elegance, named from the adjoining College, Magdalen bridge. From this point the eastern prospect of the City is singularly rich and captivating. In front, the right is the before-mentioned College with its lofty tower, and on the left the Botanical Garden with its handsome portal. Beyond, steeples of almost every varied form are shooting up in different degrees of elevation, above the rich intermixture of trees and buildings presented by the City.

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Quotations
 Chapter 7 
“Hot! He had not turned a hair till we came to Walcot Church; but look at his forehand; look at his loins; only see how he moves; that horse cannot go less than ten miles an hour: tie his legs and he will get on. What do you think of my gig, Miss Morland? A neat one, is not it? Well hung; town–built; I have not had it a month. It was built for a Christchurch man, a friend of mine, a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks, till, I believe, it was convenient to have done with it. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind, though I had pretty well determined on a curricle too; but I chanced to meet him on Magdalen Bridge, as he was driving into Oxford, last term: ‘Ah! Thorpe,’ said he, ‘do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind, but I am cursed tired of it.’ ‘Oh! D — ,’ said I; ‘I am your man; what do you ask?’ And how much do you think he did, Miss Morland?”
 

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