 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
 | 1841 - 404 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... | |
 | 1842 - 500 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 am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently sometimes with pinches,... | |
 | 1844 - 688 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... | |
 | 1845 - 398 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...or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea,... | |
 | People's and Howitt's journal - 938 pages
..." For when," she continues, " I am in presence of father or mother ; whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go; eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, or dancing "—for womanly accomplishments and handicrafts were as familiar to her as learning —... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1847 - 320 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... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 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,... | |
 | 1849 - 290 pages
...: ' When I nm in presenee,' she said, ' of either father or mother, whether I speak, keep silenee, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, daneing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in sueh weight, measure and number, even... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, cat, drink, be merry or sod, rs aa it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1850 - 356 pages
...am in the presence of either father or mother," said Lady Jane Grey, "whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be...cruelly threatened, yea, presently sometimes, with nips, and bobs, and other ways which I will not name, for the honor I bear them, so without measure... | |
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