Duke Humphrey

The chief university buildings are grouped round the quadrangle of the Bodleian Library, founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, and first housed in the room (built in 1480) known as Duke Humphrey's Library.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

The phrase of dining with Duke Humphrey, which is still occasionally heard, originated in the following manner: -- In the body of old St. Paul's was a huge and conspicuous monument of Sir John Beauchamp, buried in 1358, son of Guy, and brother of Thomas, Earl of Warwick.

English Satires Various 1885

When the books at last arrived 'the general joy knew no bounds'; and the title of 'Duke Humphrey's Library' was gratefully given to the whole assemblage of books which from several different quarters had come into the University's possession.

The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869

For letters are yet in the possession of various branches of the family, from which it distinctly appears, being stated in so many words, that one Diggory Chuzzlewit was in the habit of perpetually dining with Duke Humphrey.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

Duke Humphrey but would aight through the months without a sign of an err in hem and then, otherwise rounding, fourale to the lees of Traroe.

Finnegans Wake 2006

Duke Humphrey gave a noble instance of his great love of learning in the year 1439, when he presented to the University of Oxford one hundred and twenty-nine treatises, and shortly after, one hundred and twenty-six

Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather

Abbot of St. Edmunds Bury, 242; on Duke Humphrey, 280, 281.

Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather

At St. Alban's they show you the _dust_ of the good Duke Humphrey: we once begged a pinch, which the guide granted freely; this induced us to ask him how often he re-supplied the dust: the man stared at our ungrateful incredulity.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832 Various

At dinner-time, needy people who lacked both the means to purchase a meal and friends to provide them with one, and who chanced to loiter about this sanctuary, were said _to dine with Duke Humphrey_, and the phrase was equivalent to having no dinner at all.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock

Somehow the populace entertained the idea that this latter was the burial place of Duke Humphrey of

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock