 Queen's as a commemoration of an act of valour ludicrously performed by a student of the College, who, while walking in the neighbouring forest of Shotover, and reading Aristotle, was suddenly attacked by a wild boar. The furious beast came open-mouthed...  The Antiquary - Page 831883Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1900 - 582 pages
...C'uouus. Capul apri," &e. According to Mr. Wade (Walks in Oxford, 1817, vol. i. p. 128) the usage is in commemoration of an act of valour performed by a student...very courageously, and with a happy presence of mind, rammed in the volume, and crying Graxum est, fairly choked the savage. In an audit-book of Trinity... | |
 | Thomas Forder Plowman - 1918 - 650 pages
...once upon a time," and employing his mind by studying Aristotle, as well as exercising his legs, he was suddenly attacked by a wild boar. The furious...beast came open-mouthed upon the youth, who, however, instead of turning tail, very courageously and with remarkable presence of mind, rammed the book he... | |
 | Stefan Buczacki - 2002 - 528 pages
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 | 1890 - 604 pages
...like custom prevails, it is represented by tradition as a commemoration of an act of valour preformed by a student of the college, who, while walking in...suddenly attacked by a wild boar. "The furious beast," says Wade, in his "Walks in Oxford," "came open-mouthed upon the youth, who, however, very courageously,... | |
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