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WHIGS AND TORIES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1692-1774)

First Line: THE KING TO OXFORD SENT A TROOP OF HORSE
Last Line: FOR WHIGS ADMIT NO FORCE BUT ARGUMENT.
Subject(s): BOOKS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; GEORGE I, KING OF ENGLAND (1660-1727); OXFORD UNIVERSITY; READING;

The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force:
With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs admit no force but argument.





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