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" Is he, that is apt by goodness of wit, and appliable by readiness of will, to learning, having all other qualities of the mind and parts of the body, that must another day serve learning... "
The English Works of Roger Ascham: Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth - Page 206
by Roger Ascham - 1815 - 391 pages
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A Manual of English Literature

Henry Morley - English literature - 1879 - 708 pages
...first of these qualities, Ascham describes at especial length: "Euphues is he that is apt b}-goodness of wit. and appliable by readiness of will, to learning,...to do their office: as a tongue not stammering, or over hardly drawing forth words, but plain and ready to deliver the meaning of the mind; a voice not...
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Miscellaneous papers relating to the New Shakspere society

New Shakspere Society - 342 pages
...he, that is ajit by good«p«s of trit and app\\ab\e by the •-,. .:<u ••<(•.-.,• of mill to learning, having all other qualities of the mind...of the body, that must another day serve learning; — and even as a fair stone requires to be set in the finest gold, with the best workmanship, or else...
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Good Samaritans: Or, Biographical Illustrations of the Law of Human Kindness

William Henry Davenport Adams - Christian biography - 1883 - 410 pages
...obviously suggested John Lyly's celebrated " Euphues." According to Ascham : — " Euphues (Eu^m;?) is he that is apt by goodness of wit, and appliable...to do their office : as a tongue not stammering, or over hardly drawing forth words, but plain and ready to deliver the meaning of the mind ; a voice not...
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English Language and Literary Criticism: English prose

James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...Mncmon, Pltilomathcs, Philoponos, Philechoos, Zetctichos, PhUepainos. Of the first, he says : Euphuea is he that is apt by goodness of wit, and appliable...another day serve learning ; not troubled, mangled, and halfed, but sound, whole, full, and able to do their office : as, a tongue not stammering, or over...
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Chapters in the History of English Literature: From 1509 to the Close of the ...

Ellen Crofts - England - 1884 - 394 pages
...qualifies the human being for learning. " Euphues is he that is apt by goodness of wit and applicable by readiness of will to learning, having all other...learning, not troubled, mangled, and halved, but sound, full, whole, and able to do their office ; as a tongue not stammering or ever hardly drawing forth...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 8

Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 446 pages
...apt in all ways by nature, with full use of all his senses. " Eu^uJ1s," the "Schoolmaster" said, " is he that is apt by goodness of wit, and appliable...to do their office : as a tongue not stammering, or over hardly drawing forth words, but plain and ready to deliver the meaning of the mind ; a voice not...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 8

Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 512 pages
...with__full use of all his senses. ' ' EujjjJjIV," the_" Schoolmaster^" said, "is he that is apTT5y -goodness of wit, and appliable by readiness of will,...to do their office : as a tongue not stammering, or over hardly drawing forth words, but plain and ready to deliver the meaning of the mind ; a voice not...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 8

Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 446 pages
...apt in all ways by nature, with full use of all his senses. " Eu<f,uV," the "Schoolmaster" said, " is he that is apt by goodness of wit, and appliable...learning, not troubled, mangled, and halved, but sound, wfiole, full, and able to do their office : as a tongue not stammering, or over hardly drawing forth...
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A Book of Earnest Lives

William Henry Davenport Adams - Christian biography - 1894 - 442 pages
...obviously suggested John Lyly's celebrated " Euphues." According to Ascham :—" Euphues (Eu<£vip) is he that is apt by goodness of wit, and appliable...to do their office: as a tongue not stammering, or over hardly drawing forth words, but plain and ready to deliver the meaning of the mind; a voice not...
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A History of English Poetry, Volume 2

William John Courthope - English poetry - 1897 - 478 pages
...Schoolmaster, which defines the qualities required in a well-educated man : — is he that is apt by wit and appliable by readiness of will to learning,...qualities of the mind and parts of the body that must serve learning, not troubled, mangled, and halfed, but sound, whole, full, and liable to do their office...
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