 | 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, and parcel, or (though... | |
 | William Andrews - 1892 - 290 Seiten
...the general reader than the foregoing quotations : — " 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." The juveniles, it appears, had their horn-books suspended from the girdle, often learning their lessons... | |
 | 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...learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch masters, as in Rembrandt's " Christ... | |
 | 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...learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch masters, as in Rembrandt's " Christ... | |
 | 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...learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." To this day in England, at certain Fairs and in Kensington bake-shops, these gingerbread hornbooks... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 562 Seiten
...proved eminently satisfactory to the student. "To master John the English maid A horn-book gives ot 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, these gingerbread hornbooks... | |
 | 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...the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.'" " Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, " there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
 | 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...learn the better, As he can name he eats the Letter." (38) I only wish my poor Clown had such facilities — for anything but Learning. However, take you... | |
 | 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...learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.' "Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, "there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
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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. 
