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
| Walter Thornbury - 1856 - 440 pages
...or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merie, be sad, be only playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do...were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfitlie as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presentlie... | |
| 1857 - 894 pages
...speak or keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eate, drinke, be merie or sad, be sowyng, playing, dauncing, or doing anything else, I must do it as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfitlie as God made the world, or else I am so sharplie taunted, so cruellie threatened, yea presentlie... | |
| William Russell - 1857 - 328 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 —...so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened — yea, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear... | |
| Joseph Payne, Joseph Frank Payne - 1892 - 390 pages
...she proceeds, " 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...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 cruelly... | |
| George Stokes - 1834 - 504 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,... | |
| Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 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 ;...sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened ; yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs,... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 pages
...complains that whatever she had to do before her father or mother — whether to " speak or keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else " — she was expected to do it " as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly,... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...complains that whatever she had to do before her father or mother — whether to " speak or keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else " — she was expected to do it " as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly,... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...complains that whatever she had to do before her father or mother — whether to " speak or keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else " — she was expected to do it " as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly,... | |
| Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon - 1897 - 392 pages
...and so gentle a Schoolmaster.' And sae went on to describe the harshness of her father and mother. ' I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nipps, and bobbs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without mesure... | |
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