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... should , not overthwartly , and against the wood , by the Schoolmafter , both for Learning , and whole Courfe of living , proveth al- ways the beft . In Wood and Stone , not the fofteft , but hardeft , be always aptest " " 25 - ( * ) I ...
... should , not overthwartly , and against the wood , by the Schoolmafter , both for Learning , and whole Courfe of living , proveth al- ways the beft . In Wood and Stone , not the fofteft , but hardeft , be always aptest " " 25 - ( * ) I ...
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... should neither fee that was uncomely , nor hear that was unboneft . Yea , a young Gentleman was never free to go where he would , and do what he lift himself , but under the Keep , and by the Counsel of fome grave Governour , until he ...
... should neither fee that was uncomely , nor hear that was unboneft . Yea , a young Gentleman was never free to go where he would , and do what he lift himself , but under the Keep , and by the Counsel of fome grave Governour , until he ...
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... should be wife in the true deciphering of the good Difpofition of Nature , of Comeliness in courtly Manners , and all right Doings of Men . But Errour , and Phantafy do commonly Occupy the Place of Truth and Judge- ment . For if a young ...
... should be wife in the true deciphering of the good Difpofition of Nature , of Comeliness in courtly Manners , and all right Doings of Men . But Errour , and Phantafy do commonly Occupy the Place of Truth and Judge- ment . For if a young ...
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... Should ,, not offend , than bow by Law they might be ,, punished ; and if Offence were committed , there was neither Way to hide it , nor Hope of Pardon for it . Good Natures were not 5 fo much openly praised , as they were fecretly ...
... Should ,, not offend , than bow by Law they might be ,, punished ; and if Offence were committed , there was neither Way to hide it , nor Hope of Pardon for it . Good Natures were not 5 fo much openly praised , as they were fecretly ...
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... should be called forth to the Executi- on of great Affairs , in Service of their Prince and Country , they might be able to ufe , and to order all Experiences , were they good , were they bad , and that ac- cording to the Square , Rule ...
... should be called forth to the Executi- on of great Affairs , in Service of their Prince and Country , they might be able to ufe , and to order all Experiences , were they good , were they bad , and that ac- cording to the Square , Rule ...
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Page 17 - A child that is still, silent, constant, and somewhat hard of wit, is either never chosen by the father to be made a scholar, or else when he cometh to the school, he is smally regarded, little looked unto; he lacketh teaching, he lacketh...
Page 78 - In our forefathers' time, when papistry, as a standing pool, covered and overflowed all England, few books were read in our tongue, saving certain books of chivalry, as they said, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in monasteries by idle monks or wanton canons: as one, for example, Morte Arthur, the whole pleasure of which book standeth in two special points — in open manslaughter and bold bawdry.
Page 53 - And look well upon the former life of those few, whether your example be old or young, who without learning have gathered, by long experience, a little...
Page 19 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children. They say nay in word, but they do so in deed. For to the one they will gladly give a stipend of 200 crowns by the year, and loth to offer to the other 200 shillings.
Page vii - I was fully fourteen years old, drave me so with fear of beating from all love of learning, as now, when I know what difference it is to have learning and to have little or none at all, I feel it my greatest grief and find it my greatest hurt that ever came to me that it was my so ill chance to light upon so lewd a schoolmaster.
Page 34 - Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose such pastime in the Park? Smiling, she answered me; "I wist, all their sport in the Park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 65 - Sir Richard Sackville, that worthy gentleman of worthy memory, as I said in the beginning, in the Queen's privy chamber at Windsor, after he had talked with me for the right choice of a good wit in a child for learning, and of the true difference betwixt quick and hard wits, of alluring young children by gentleness to love learning, and of the special care that was to be had to keep young men from licentious living, he was most earnest with me to have me say my mind also what I thought concerning...
Page 31 - For the matter lieth not so much in the disposition of them that be young, as in the order and manner of bringing up by them that be old, nor yet in the difference of learning and pastime. For beat a child if he dance not well, and cherish him though he learn not well, ye shall have him unwilling to go to dance, and glad to go to his book.
Page 126 - Indeed books of common places be very necessary to induce a man into an orderly general knowledge, how to refer orderly all that he readeth, ad certa rerum capita., and not wander in study.
Page 83 - I was once in Italy myself; but I thank God my abode there was but nine days. And yet I saw in that little time in one city more liberty to sin than ever I heard tell of in our noble City of London in nine years.