 | Clifford Smyth - 1925 - 850 pàgines
...to it, on Idealism, as follows: There once was a man who said, "God Must think it exceedingly (Kid If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad." Mr. Arnold Bennett's opinion, as exprest in a letter to me, is that the best limerick is " The Young... | |
 | Langford Reed - 1925 - 164 pàgines
...in Oxford about twenty years before T came up. The reason why I am supposed to have There once was a man who said, "God Must think it exceedingly odd If...Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad." FATHER RONALD KNOX. "O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all... | |
 | Vera Meynell - 1925 - 378 pàgines
...«S»s ; Though common at Cnidos Distressed the New Forest unduly. Anonymous. IDEALISM THERE once was a man who said " God Must think it exceedingly odd If...Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad." Ronald Knox. FREE-WILL AND PREDESTINATION THERE was a young man who said " Damn ! It appears to me... | |
 | 1927 - 506 pàgines
...implied in the following verse : — There was a young man who said, " God Must think it extremely odd If He finds that this tree Continues to be, When there's no one about in the quad." Robert Browning as Artist By Temple Lane. III. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES. THAT cautious individual who to... | |
 | Beverley Nichols - 1927 - 312 pàgines
...limerick, composed outside the Balliol common-room, in which he summed up the whole philosophy of Hegel: There was a young man who said, 'God Must think it...Continues to be When there's no one about in the quad.' However, he has ceased to belong entirely to Oxford. He has come out into the open, with startling... | |
 | Harry M. Bracken - 1965 - 154 pàgines
...647-8; "A limerick by Ronald Knox, with a reply, sets forth Berkeley's theory of material objects: There was a young man who said, 'God Must think it...Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad.' REPLY Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd: / am always about in the Quad. And that's why the tree Will... | |
 | Thubten Jigme Norbu, Colin Turnbull - 1968 - 356 pàgines
...this proposition: There was a young man who said Cod Must think it exceedingly odd, That this Chestnut Tree, Continues to be. When there's no one about in the Quad. (To which the reply came — ) Young Man, your astonishment's odd. For I'm always about in the Quad;... | |
 | Georges Dicker - 1980 - 246 pàgines
...analytical phenomenalists) is aptly encapsulated in the following limerick attributed to one Ronald Knox: There was a young man who said God must think it exceedingly...about in the quad. Dear sir, your astonishment's odd. I'm always about in the quad And that's why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by yours faithfully,... | |
 | Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger - 1986 - 400 pàgines
...to commit a limerick, entitled "Idealism," to which someone else offered "A Reply": There once was a man who said, "God Must think it exceedingly odd If...about in the quad." Dear Sir, Your astonishment's odd. / am always about in the quad. And that's why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by Yours... | |
 | Bruce Aune - 1985 - 260 pàgines
...perceiving them. Berkeley's view on this matter was nicely expressed in a limerick by Ronald Knox: 7 There was a young man who said. "God Must think it...odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there is no one about in the Quad." REPLY Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd: / am always about in the... | |
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God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad'. 
