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" First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know it. I am Master of this College, What I don't know — is not knowledge. "
Canadian Practitioner - Page 26
1924
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Benjamin Jowett: Master of Balliol, and Regius Professor of Greek ..., Issue 4

1893 - 44 pages
...lately, and my vanity does not consider them improvements. The lines were written : — " First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know...it. I am Master of this College, What I don't know — isn't knowledge. The ' First come I ' referred to its being a Mask of the College in which the...
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The Literary World, Volume 25

1894 - 508 pages
...leading a procession of dons, announces his arrival in these words : First come I, my name is Jowell. There's no knowledge but I know it. I am master of this college ; What I don't know— isn t knowledge. — Studies in the Evolution of English Criticism, by Laura Johnson Wylie, graduate...
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The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C.L. Dodgson)

Stuart Dodgson Collingwood - 1898 - 494 pages
...reputation for learning was expressed in the well-known verse of " The Masque of Balliol " : — First come I, my name is Jowett. There's no knowledge but I know...; I am Master of this College ; What I don't know isn't knowledge. But in 1 86 1 he was anything but universally popular, and I am afraid that Mr. Dodgson,...
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Journal

Chartered Insurance Institute - 1919 - 404 pages
...original research. You remember the lines about the celebrated Master of Balliol : — " First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know...this College, What I don't know is not knowledge." These lines seemed not inaptly to apply to the situation described by my friend. But I reflected on...
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The Autobiography of Margot Asquith, Volume 1

Margot Asquith - 1920 - 390 pages
...appeared lately, and my vanity does not consider them improvements. The lines were written : " First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know...College, What I don't know — is not knowledge." '"The "First come I" referred to its being a masque of the College in which fellows, scholars, etc.,...
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An Autobiography, Volume 2

Margot Asquith - 1920 - 326 pages
...appeared lately, and my vanity does not consider them improvements. The lines were written: 'First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know...College, What I don't know — is not knowledge.' "The 'First come I' referred to its being a masque of the College in which fellows, scholars, etc.,...
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An Autobiography, Volume 2

Margot Asquith - 1920 - 328 pages
...appeared lately, and my vanity does not consider them improvements. The lines were written: 'First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know it. I am Master of this College, What I don't know—is not knowledge.' "The 'First come I' referred to its being a masque of the College in which...
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An Autobiography, Volume 2

Margot Asquith - 1920 - 314 pages
...appeared lately, and my vanity does not consider them improvements. The lines were written: 'First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know it. I am Master of this College, What I don't know—is not knowledge.' "The 'First come I' referred to its being a masque of the College in which...
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The Bookman, Volume 52

1921 - 688 pages
...famous Dr. Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol", of whom the undergraduate wrote this epigram: First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know...this college What I don't know — is not knowledge. He died in 1893. "Surely you have something to say to me," said Margot to him one day during his last...
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The Autobiography of Margot Asquith ...

Margot Asquith countess of Oxford and Asquith - 1921 - 392 pages
...appeared lately, and my vanity does not consider them improvements. The lines were written : " First come I, my name is Jowett, There's no knowledge but I know...College, What I don't know — is not knowledge." '"The "First come I" referred to its being a masque of the College in which fellows, scholars, etc.,...
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