...learned but in an University? Sir, they were examined, and found to be mighty ignorant fellows. ... I believe they might be good beings. But they were...good animal in the field. But we turn her out of a garden."Although Johnson viewed the ouster of the Methodists as a vindication of Anglican orthodoxy,...

...from the University in 1768, he thoroughly approved : they might be perfectly good beings, indeed, but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford — 'a cow is a very good animal in a field; but we turn her out of a garden'. Too late did it dawn upon the city what a prodigy it had...

...for preaching their doctrine. Boswell maintained they were 'good beings', to which Johnson shot back, 'But they were not fit to be in the University of...animal in the field. But we turn her out of a garden.' Aware that Johnson was careful never to drink wine, he then opened another subject by defending 'convivial'...

...were 80 — whether 81 — I invited you, Paul, to come. 82 — Please como here, my friend. 83 — "A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden." 84 — He said, "I hate you." 85 — What a fool I have been! 86 — Tell me where you live, John....

...really utterly out of place in a periodical devoted to publishing the best that a school can produce. "A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of the garden." THE GROTONIAN acknowledges with thanks :The Abbott Observer, The Academy Journal, The...