 | George Combe - 1803 - 280 páginas
...continuity, this * To much the same effect Roger Ascham wrote more than two centuries ago : " It is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that...their horse than a cunning man for their children .... God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn ; . . . for He suffereth them to have... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 páginas
...be possessed of ability, so they ought to be encouraged. " Pity it is," says the great Mr. Ascham, "that commonly more care is had, yea, and that among...a cunning man for their children. They say nay in word, but they do so in deed ; for to one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 páginas
...be possessed of ability, so they ought to be encouraged. " Pity it is," says the great Mr. Ascham, " that commonly more care is had, yea, and that among...a cunning man for their children. They say nay in word, but they do so in deed ; for to one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by... | |
 | L. M. Stretch - 1808 - 316 páginas
...evil, to happiness or misery, for the rest of their days. " Pity it is," says the great Mr. Ascham, " that commonly more care is had, yea, and that among...a cunning man for their children. They say nay in word, but they do so in deed ; for to one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 páginas
...counsel Or wise writing. ROGER ASCHAX. 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 cun- ning man for their children. They say nay, in word, but they do so in deed; for, to the one they... | |
 | Roger Ascham - 1815 - 428 páginas
...signs a man may choose a colt, that is like to prove another day excellent for the saddle. And it is pity, that commonly more care is had, yea and that among very wise men, to find out rather a cun» ning man for their horse, than a cunning man for their children. They say nay in word, but they... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1831 - 418 páginas
...,e encouraged. " Pity it is," says the great Mr. Ascham, " that commonly 144 ENTERTAININ8 ANECDOTES. more care is had, yea, and that among very wise men,...find out rather a cunning man for their horse, than a cunnmg man for their children. They say nay in one word, but they do so in deed ; for to one they will... | |
 | Schoolmaster - 1836 - 926 páginas
...another day excellent for the saddle." " And it is a pity," he adds, with keen and indignant sarcasm, " that commonly more care is had, yea and that among...a cunning man for their children. They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns... | |
 | 1836 - 432 páginas
...another day excellent for the saddle." " And it is a pity," he adds, with keen and indignant sarcasm, " that commonly more care is had, yea and that among...a cunning man for their children. They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns... | |
 | 1836 - 432 páginas
...another day excellent for the saddle." " And it is a pity," he adds, with keen and indignant sarcasm, " that commonly more care is had, yea and that among...a cunning man for their children. They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns... | |
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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. 
