Bob Logic, the Oxonian

-- by J. L. Speranza
---- for the Grice Club

--- THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT OXONIANS are very logical. Perhaps they are. In any case, perhaps they were. Witness this title, from vintage 1821 and its prequels!

Cheers,
JLS

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Egan, Pierce (1821).

Life in London,

or,

the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis.

London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones.

_____ (1847).

Tom and Jerry,

or,

the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq., and Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis.

London: John Dicks.

_____ (1848).

The finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through life in and out of London.

London: Reeves and Turner.

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Of course it's Bob Logic, the Oxonian, who will elaborate on all the 'implicatures'.