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If it had not been for two or three people, I should have been worse off at Trinity than at Portora; but Oxford--Oxford was paradise to me.

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  1. A borough of south-central England on the Thames River west-northwest of London. First mentioned in 912, it was chartered in 1605. Oxford University, with its famed "dreaming spires,” was founded in the 12th century and still dominates the center of the city. Population: 143,000.
  2. A city of northern Mississippi south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. It is the seat of the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss”), established in 1844, and was William Faulkner's home town. Population: 14,100.
  3. Oxford, 17th Earl of. Title of Edward de Vere. 1550-1604. English courtier and poet who is believed by some to have written Shakespeare's plays.

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  • My elder brother went to Oxford, and Henry to Cambridge. —  Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
  • He had been at Winchester and at Oxford, and at both places had fallen into trouble. —  Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
  • During his residence at Oxford, a student of a neighbouring college, proud of his logical acquirements, was solicitous of a private disputation with the renowned Henderson; some mutual friends introduced him, and having chosen his subject, they conversed for some time with equal candour and moderation; but at length Henderson's antagonist, perceiving his confutation inevitable, in the height of passion, threw a full glass of wine in John Henderson's face. —  Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
  • The chapters in which Hogg describes their live at Oxford are the best part of his biography. —  Shelley
  • I saw myself invited to lecture at Oxford, at the Sorbonne, on my earth-shaking discovery. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 02 - August 2001
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