 | Gentleman - Conduct of life - 1744 - 488 pages
...learn the Roman Language, when at the fame Time he defigns him for a 'Trade, wherein he, having no Ufe of Latin, fails not to forget that little which he...School, and which, 'tis ten to one, he abhors, for the ill Ufage it procured him ? Could it be believed, unlefs we had every where amongft us Examples of... | |
 | Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...upon as absolutely necessary to a gentleman, but nothing can be more ridiculous than for a father to waste his own money and his son's time in setting...designs him for a trade, wherein he having no use for Latin fails not to forget that little which he brought from school, and which 'tis ten to one he... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1805 - 500 pages
...are never to have more to do with it, as long as they live. Can there be any thing more ridiculous than that a father should waste his own money, and...trade, wherein he, having no use of Latin, fails not not to forget that little which he brought from school, and which it is ten to one he abhors for the... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 492 pages
...are never to have more to do with it, as long as they live. Can there be any thing more ridiculous, than that a father should waste his own money, and...when, at the same time, he designs him for a trade, wherejn he having no use of Latin, fails not to forget that little which he brought from school, and... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy, Modern - 1823 - 488 pages
...are never to have more to do with it, as long as they live. Can there be any thing more ridiculous, than that a father should waste his own money, and...that little which he brought from school, and which it is ten to one he abhors for the ill usage it procured him ? Could' it be believed, unless we had... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 502 pages
...are never to have more to do with it, as long as they live. Can there be any thing more ridiculous, than that a father should waste his own money, and...designs him for a trade, wherein he, having no use of I /ii m, fails not to forget that little which he brought from school, and which it is ten to one he... | |
 | Mathew Carey - African Americans - 1830 - 480 pages
...language, to study almost all the languages, ancient and modern; for ours has been own money, and hit son's time, in setting Him to learn the Roman language,...that little which he brought from school, and which it is ten to one he abhors for the ill usage it procured him ? could it be believed, unless we had... | |
 | James Booth - Business and education - 1846 - 172 pages
...will immediately suggest itself to any one who has at all * "Can there be any thing more ridiculous than that a father should waste his own money, and...that little which he brought from school, and which it is ten to one he abhors for the ill usage it procured him? Could it be believed, unless we had every... | |
 | Literature - 1877 - 226 pages
...any thing more ridiculous than that a father should waste his own money and his son's time in seUing him to learn the Roman language, when at the same time he designs him lor a trade wherein he, having no use of Latin, fails not to forget that little which he brought from... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1864 - 906 pages
...are never to have more to do with it, as long as they live. Can there be any thing more ridiculous, than that a father should waste his own money, and...him to learn the Roman language, when, at the same lime, he designs him for a trade, wherein he having no use of Latin, fails not to forget that little... | |
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Can there be any thing more ridiculous, than that a father should waste his own money, and his son's time, in setting him to learn the Roman language, when, at the same time, he designs him for a trade... 
