 | Edward FitzGerald - 1889 - 506 Seiten
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers ? "'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter."' "Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, "there had been any... | |
 | Samuel Dyer - 1891 - 152 Seiten
...de cinco anos. Prior alludes, in a whimsical way, to this Hornbook:— To master lohn, the English maid, A hornbook gives of gingerbread : And that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats a letter. (185.) ANPASSAL is the finish of the alphabet, and means, I suppose,... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - 1891 - 416 Seiten
...gingerbread upon which it was figured, where all good gingerbread should go— " To Master John, the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread, And that the child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the letter."2 The origin of this primer of our ancestors, this wellspring of... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1897 - 902 Seiten
...which seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Muter John the English Maid A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the Child may learn the bettar As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German... | |
 | 1897 - 896 Seiten
...which seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Master John the English Maid A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the Child may learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1897 - 900 Seiten
...seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Master John the English Hald A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the Child may learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 560 Seiten
...England, which must have proved eminently satisfactory to the student. " To master John the English maid A horn-book gives of gingerbread ; And that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." To this day in England, at certain Fairs and in Kensington bake-shops,... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1900 - 228 Seiten
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers ? " 'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.'" " Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, " there had been any... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 350 Seiten
...he may do so in the most Musical manner of all. Don't you know?" "To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the Letter." (38) I only wish my poor Clown had such facilities — for anything... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 312 Seiten
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers? 'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread; And, that the Child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.' "Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, "there had been any... | |
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To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter. 
