| Charles Dickens - 1884 - 972 sivua
...gentlemen, but he had, always ready, a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest estimate; and it was at once the business and delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with ^t! In fact, Doctor Blimber's establishment was a great hot-house, in which there was a forcing apparatus... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1885 - 860 sivua
...gentlemen, but he had. always ready, a supply of Jea/ning for * hundred, on the lowest estimate ; and it was at once the business and delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten *ith it 144 All the boys blew before their time. Mental gretn-peas *er» produced at Christmas, and... | |
| 1890 - 714 sivua
...and write in two weeks, would seem much like Dr. Blimber's school which Paul Dombey attended, where "mental green peas were produced at Christmas, and intellectual asparagus all the year round." If such results were possible in Jacotot' s day, what is the matter that we see no such results now... | |
| National Education Association of the United States - 1890 - 944 sivua
...a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest estimate, and it was at once the business and the delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it. "In fact, Dr. Blimber's establishment was a great hot-house in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly... | |
| 1890 - 946 sivua
...a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest estimate, and it was at once the business and the delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it. "In fact, Dr. Blimber's establishment was a great hot-house in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly... | |
| Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1892 - 606 sivua
...gentlemen, but he had, always ready, a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest estimate; and it was at once the business and delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it. I n fact, Doctor Blimber's establishment was a great hot-house, in which there was a forcing apparatus... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1894 - 584 sivua
...gentlemen, but he had, always ready, a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest ' estimate ; and it was at once the business and delight of his life...work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental greenpeas were produced at Christmas, and intellectual asparagus all the year round. Mathematical gooseberries... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1895 - 760 sivua
...gentlemen, but he had, always ready, a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest estimate ; and it was at once the business and delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it. Doctor B limber's Establishment. In fact, Doctor Bliiuber's establishment was a great hothouse, in... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1896 - 140 sivua
...the position in which he was to shine, and that Doctor Blimber should take him in hand immediately. Doctor Blimber's establishment was a great hothouse,...Christmas, and intellectual asparagus all the year round. Every description of Greek and Latin vegetable was 1 centered. * during. got off the driest twigs of... | |
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