 | 1903 - 504 דפים
...them. They consisted of the alphabet only and recall the lines of Prior: 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. These are still made and sold in Belgium, Holland, and other parts... | |
 | John Ashton - 1904 - 202 דפים
...educational biscuits of the present day ; for Matthew Prior, in his Alma says : ' 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.' It was made with honey, before the introduction of sugar, and... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 298 דפים
...described by Prior in his poem, "Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind" (1718). "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 each letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left... | |
 | Otto Daniel - 1908 - 106 דפים
...butter call." "All." I, S, 9). Prior spottet über die Preisverteilung: "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". "Alma" 985ff.). Thomson's Verse: "To Nature's vast Lyceum, forth... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 דפים
...both for nothing fit. 2637 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. i. Canto Iii. Line 1339 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. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left... | |
 | Benjamin Dumville - 1915 - 464 דפים
...Matthew Prior wrote as follows with respect to the teaching of reading : — "To Master John the Knglish maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread, And that the child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the letter ; Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left... | |
 | Willis Lemon Uhl - 1924 - 408 דפים
...method of learning to read was described as follows by Matthew Prior : l 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, Proceeding thus with vast delight He spells and gnaws from left... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton Thompson - 1926 - 612 דפים
...finger-prints. There were also arrangements with letters made of ginger-bread. " To Master John, the English maid, A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread, And that the child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the letter." See History of the Horn-Book, Andrew W. Tuer (1897), and Watson,... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1928 - 304 דפים
...described by Prior in his poem "Alma ; or The Progress of the Mind " (1718) : 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 each letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left... | |
 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - 1914 - 364 דפים
...MAGAZINE PLAYS FOR SENSE PERCEPTION. MRS." JW CHURCH, Coronado Beach, Calif. "To Master John, the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name be eats each letter ; Proceeding thus with vast delight He spells and gnaws from left... | |
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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. 
