The Scholemaster. Written Between 1563-8. Posthumously Published |
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Page 82
... trewe , that Socrates saith in Plato to his frende Crito . Plato , in Critone . be fewest in That , that number of men is fewest , which far excede , either in good or ill , in wisdom or folie , but the meane Verie good or betwixt both ...
... trewe , that Socrates saith in Plato to his frende Crito . Plato , in Critone . be fewest in That , that number of men is fewest , which far excede , either in good or ill , in wisdom or folie , but the meane Verie good or betwixt both ...
Page 84
... trewe notes of the best wittes for learning in a childe , I will reporte , not myne own opinion , but the very iudgement of him , that was counted the best teacher and wisest man that learning maketh mention of , and that is Socrates in ...
... trewe notes of the best wittes for learning in a childe , I will reporte , not myne own opinion , but the very iudgement of him , that was counted the best teacher and wisest man that learning maketh mention of , and that is Socrates in ...
Page 96
... trewe , as some men weene : For , the matter lieth not so much in the dispo- sition of them that be yong , as in the order and maner of bringing vp , by them that be old , nor yet in the difference of learnyng and pastime . For , beate ...
... trewe , as some men weene : For , the matter lieth not so much in the dispo- sition of them that be yong , as in the order and maner of bringing vp , by them that be old , nor yet in the difference of learnyng and pastime . For , beate ...
Page 98
... trewe . For we remem- ber nothyng so well when we be olde , as those things which we learned when we were yong : And this is not straunge , but common in all natures workes . Euery man sees , ( as I sayd before ) new wax is best for ...
... trewe . For we remem- ber nothyng so well when we be olde , as those things which we learned when we were yong : And this is not straunge , but common in all natures workes . Euery man sees , ( as I sayd before ) new wax is best for ...
Page 100
... trewe pleasure ment . And howe came you Madame , quoth I , to this deepe knowledge of pleasure , and what did chieflie allure you vnto it : seinge , not many women , but verie fewe men haue atteined thereunto . I will tell 100 THE FIRST ...
... trewe pleasure ment . And howe came you Madame , quoth I , to this deepe knowledge of pleasure , and what did chieflie allure you vnto it : seinge , not many women , but verie fewe men haue atteined thereunto . I will tell 100 THE FIRST ...
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Page 165 - king Lote, that was his own aunte. This is good stuffe for wise men to laughe at, or honest men to take pleasure at. Yet I know when Gods Bible was banished the Court, and Morte Arthure receiued into the Princes chamber.
Page 101 - and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that He sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing...
Page 101 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 214 - I do wish,"' he afterwards remarks, in reference to the common books of exercises used at schools, '* that all rules for young scholars were shorter than they be. For without doubt, Grammatica itself is sooner and surer learned by examples of good authors than by the naked rules of grammarians.
Page 14 - ... payeng, she shall be fain to keep her house as bankrupt. For then doth our tung naturallie and praisablie...
Page 233 - Tullie togither, to teach plainlie withall, after this sort. 1. Tullie reteyneth thus moch of the matter, thies sentences, thies wordes : 2. This and that he leaueth out, which he doth wittelie to this end and purpose. 3. This he addeth here. 4. This he diminisheth there. 5. This he ordereth thus, with placing that here, not there. 6. This he altereth and changeth, either, in propertie of wordes, in forme of sentence, in substance of the matter, or in one, or other conuenient circumstance of the...
Page 102 - I am with him. And when I am called from him I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Page 62 - But if the child miss, either in forgetting a word, or in changing a good with a worse, or misordering the sentence, I would not have the master either frown or chide with him, if the child have done his diligence, and used no truantship therein.
Page 228 - Ye know not what hurt ye do to learning that care not for words, but for matter, and so make a divorce betwixt the tongue and the heart.
Page 62 - After this, the childe must take a paper booke, and sitting in some place, where no man shall prompe him, by him self, let him translate into Englishe his former lesson. Then shewing it to his master, let the master take from him his latin booke, and pausing an houre, at the least, than let the childe translate his owne Englishe into latin againe, in an other paper booke. When the childe bringeth it, turned into latin, the master must compare it with Tullies booke, and laie them both togither...