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University Life in Eighteenth-Century Oxford
University Life in EighteenthCentury Oxford Author:Graham Midgley This delightful social history of academic life in eighteenth-century Oxford reveals the pleasures and sadnesses, the sobriety and excess, the exuberance and idleness of life at the great university. Humorous, crowded with anecdote, and handsomely illustrated, the book draws on a rich variety of contemporary sources to describe the experiences o... more »f students and dons-not only their studies, but also their food, drink, women, sports, music, entertainment, and pastimes.« less