Ancient Universities in The United Kingdom
- Undergraduate gowns in Scotland (red gowns)
- Academic dress of the University of St Andrews
- Academic dress of the University of Oxford
- Academic dress of the University of Cambridge
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Famous quotes containing the words ancient, universities, united and/or kingdom:
“Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!
Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“We hear a great deal of lamentation these days about writers having all taken themselves to the colleges and universities where they live decorously instead of going out and getting firsthand information about life. The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”
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“Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
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In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
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