 | 1853 - 636 sivua
...says Mr. Bancroftf. quoting the Colonial Laws 'and it soon became the law, ' in Puritan New England, that none of the brethren shall ' suffer so much barbarism...so much learning as may enable them ' perfectly to learn the English tongue '....' To the end * The first endowed school for the education of the poor... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1805 - 422 sivua
...subordinate schools in every part of the country. In 1641 the following law was enacted: " If any do not teach their children and apprentices so ,much learning as may enable them to read perfectly the English language, to forfeit twenty shillings ; and the selectmen of .every town... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1823 - 470 sivua
...characteristic. ' If any be unable to do so much, [that is, ' to teach their children and apprentices ao much learning as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue'] that then at the least, they procure such children and apprentices to learn some short orthodox catechism,... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 532 sivua
...shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour, by themselves or others, to teach their children and apprentices so much learning,...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue," &c. The' penalty for the neglect was twenty shillings. In the same code it is ordered, that every town,... | |
 | James Gordon Carter - 1824 - 230 sivua
...so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning,...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws : " Also, that all masters of families do once a week (at the least)... | |
 | 1826 - 782 sivua
...suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning,...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: ' Also, that all masters of families do once a week (at the least)... | |
 | 1826 - 788 sivua
...suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning,...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: ' Also, that all masters of families do once a week (at the least)... | |
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 sivua
...Jllltrfi Biographical Dictionary. * In 1641, the Massachusetts colony enacted, that " If any do not teach their children and apprentices so much learning as may enable them to read ' perfectly the English language, they shall forfeit twenty shillings." Not long afterwards,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1834 - 532 sivua
...before God." The magistrates were divided in pronouncing senFREE SCHOOLS. HARVARD COLLEGE. 437 tence ; the vote was put a second time, and there CHAP. appeared...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue." VOL. 1. 63 CHAP. " To the end that learning may not be buried in the -~~ graves of our forefathers,"... | |
 | 1837 - 662 sivua
...alone sufficient to discharge them from the accusation. It was one of the earliest laws of New England that " none of the brethren shall suffer so much barbarism...learning as may enable them perfectly to read the En" glish tongue." " To the end that learning may not be buried " in the graves of our forefathers,"... | |
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That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor... 
