...approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod. "I would rather" (said he) "have the rod to be the (p)+) yon do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an...

...approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod. "I would rather (said he) have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell...is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there 's an end on 't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation...

...enforcing instruction by means of the rod. 'I would rather (said he) have the rod to be the general terrour to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if...rod produces an effect which terminates in itself, r&r-child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; \ Whereas, by exciting...

...seems to have met with his approval — after it had ceased. " A child," he said, " who is flogged, gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas by...exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, you make brothers and sisters hate each other." On another occasion, he said, " There is less flogging...

...his time ; he said 'My master whipt me very well. Without that, Sir, I should have done nothing... A child is afraid of being whipped and gets his task, and there's an end on't.'" Boswell also gives us a picture of Johnson at school as drawn by a schoolfellow — Mr Hector : "He...

...you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters,' " and to have argued the point as follows: "The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself....exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority you ¡ay the foundation of lasting mischief — you make brothers and sisters hate each other." The gruff...

...in educating her children — Johnson. ' Sir, she is wrong ; I would rather have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell...being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on'tj whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting...

...tipnof enforcing instruction byjrneans of_ I the rod. "I would rather (said he) have thefo3 to be the d), May perfect this unfinish'd work, which I (Unhappy...threatens.—Antony Is mounted up the Pharos; from whose turret He A^child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's" luTiehd on"t; whereas, by exciting...

...his teachers, he was always a believer in the virtues of the rod. A child, he said, who is flogged, " gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas by...exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, yon lay the foundations of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." In practice,...

...I would rather," he said, " have the rod to be the general terror of all to make them learn than to tell a child, if you do thus or thus, you will be...superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief." It is but fair to add that Johnson was himself always markedly kind to children — one of the minor...