 | Edward FitzGerald - 1900 - 228 דפים
...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 - 312 דפים
...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... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 350 דפים
...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... | |
 | Frederick C. Bursch, Annie Dennis Bursch - 1903 - 324 דפים
...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...learn the better As he can name, he eats the letter. These are still made and sold in Belgium, Holland, and other parts of Europe. The very commonest kind... | |
 | John Ashton - 1904 - 202 דפים
...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...learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.' It was made with honey, before the introduction of sugar, and must be of remote antiquity and intimately... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 298 דפים
...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 to right." This form... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 392 דפים
...Progress of the Mind" (1718). "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 each letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left to right." This form... | |
 | 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...the better, As he can name, he eats. the letter". "Alma" 985ff.). Thomson's Verse: "To Nature's vast Lyceum, forth they walk; By that kind School where... | |
 | Edmund Burke Huey - 1922 - 500 דפים
...gingerbread method, described as follows by Matthew Prior:1 — "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 to right." Basedow (1723-1790), who... | |
 | Edmund Burke Huey - 1908 - 560 דפים
...method, described as follows by Matthew Prior : 1 — "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 to right." Basedow (1723-1790), who... | |
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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. 
