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 anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly... English Studies: Or, Essays in English History and Literature - Page 112by John Sherren Brewer - 1881 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1840 - 676 pages
...schoolmaster. For when I am in presence of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go ; eat, drink, be merry or sad ; be sewing, dancing, playing, or anything else, I must do it as it were in such weight, measure and number, even... | |
| 1833 - 378 pages
...sit, stand, or go ; whether 1 eat, drink, be merry, or sad ; whether I be sewing, playing, dancing, or anything else, I must do it as it were, in such weight,...else, I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, vea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways which I will not name for the... | |
| Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 pages
...schoolmaster. For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I spcak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it as it were in such weight, number, and measure, even so perfectly, as... | |
| David Francis Bacon - 1833 - 630 pages
...schoolmaster ; for when 1 am in the 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 any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as... | |
| 1833 - 682 pages
...tit, rtand, or go ; whether I eat, drink, bo merry, or sad ; whether I bo sewing, playing, dancing, or anything else, I must do it as it were, in such weight, measure and number; oven so perfectly tie God made the world; or el«e, I am ю sharply taunted, mi cruelly threatened,... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pages
...as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, euen so perfectly, as God made the world, or ells I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes, with pinches, nippes, and bobbes, and other wayes, which I will not name, for the honor I beare them, so without... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 432 pages
...as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, euen so perfectly, as God made the world, or ells I am So sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes, with pinches, nippes, and bobbes, and other wayes, which I will not name, for the honor I beare them, eo without... | |
| William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...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 any thing else, i must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as... | |
| 1835 - 496 pages
...schoolmaster ; for when I am in the presence of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing any thing else , I must do it as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as... | |
| Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - 1835 - 476 pages
...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 anything else, I must do it so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so... | |
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