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
| Bernard Burke - 1850 - 362 pages
...gpeake, keepe silence, sit, stand, or goe, eat, drinke, be merry, or sad, be sowing, playing, dauncing, or doing anything else, I must do it as it were, in much weight, measure, and number, even as perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply... | |
| sir John Bernard Burke - 1850 - 516 pages
...speake, keepe silence, sit, stand, or goe, eat, drinkc, he merry, or sad, be sowing, playing, dauncing, or doing anything else, I must do it as it were, in much weight, measure, and number, even as perfectlv as God made the world, or else I am so sharplv... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 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... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 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... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go; drink, be merry, or sad; be sewing, playing, dancing, or dc anything else; I must do it, as it were, in' such weight, meas 1 and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or el am so sharply taunted, so cruelly... | |
| Bernard Burke - 1851 - 348 pages
...speake, keepe silence, sit, stand, or goe, eat, drinke, be merry, or sad, be sowing, playing, dauncing, or doing anything else, I must do it as it were, in much weight, measure, and number, even as perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 238 pages
...silence, sit, stand, or go, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, or dancing, or doing any thing else, 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,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...early age. t Wiss is a word not now in use, but very common in the days of Ascham. It means think. merry or sad, be sewing-, playing, dancing, or doing...number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else 1 am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes, with pinches, nips, and... | |
| Hartley Coleridge - 1852 - 408 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...anything else, I must do it as it were in such weight, number, and measure, even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pages
...Whether they speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, be working, waiting, or doing any thing else, they must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and...number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else they are so sharply taunted, and so cruelly threatened, that they think themselves in hell ;" and all... | |
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