 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
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 268 pages
...for," added she, " when I 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, dancing, or doing any thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even... | |
 | 1836 - 432 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... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 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, number, and measure, even so perfectly, as... | |
 | Schoolmaster - 1836 - 926 pages
...For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, nr 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 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, Í must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 400 pages
...sit, stand, or go ; eate, drinke, be merrie, or sad, be sowying, playing, dauncing or doing anie thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfitelie as God made the world, or else I am so sharplie taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presentlie,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1839 - 548 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 ;...I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, or number, even so perfectly as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened,... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 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 tnust do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly,... | |
 | 1839 - 636 pages
...sit, stand, or go, eate, drinke, be merie, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anie thing else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, or number, even so perfitely as God made the world, or else I am so sha/plie taunted, so cruellie threatened,... | |
 | 1841 - 346 pages
...school-master; 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 as perfectly as... | |
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