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" 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 112
by John Sherren Brewer - 1881 - 448 pages
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Shakespeare's England: Or, Sketches of Our Social History of the ..., Volume 2

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...
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The Massachusetts Teacher and Journal of Home and School Education, Volume 10

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...
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Extraordinary Women: Their Girlhood and Early Life

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...
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Lectures on the History of Education: With A Visit to German Schools

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...
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Lives of the British reformers: from Wickliff to Fox

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,...
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A Handbook of English History Based on the Lectures of the Late M.J. Guest ...

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,...
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 4

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,...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 4

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,...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 4

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,...
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Suffolk Tales & Other Stories, Fairy Legends, Poems, Miscellaneous Articles

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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