 | Edward FitzGerald - 1887 - 544 sivua
...must learn to read," said Euphranor, " in these degenerate days." ' To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread; And, that the Child...the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.'" " Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, " there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1889 - 506 sivua
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers ? "'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the...the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter."' "Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, "there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1889 - 626 sivua
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers ? "'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread; And, that the Child...the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.'" " Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, " there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - 1891 - 416 sivua
...gingerbread upon which it was figured, where all good gingerbread should go— " To Master John, the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread, And that the...child may learn the better, As he can name he eats the letter."2 The origin of this primer of our ancestors, this wellspring of English letters, is not, however,... | |
 | Samuel Dyer - 1891 - 152 sivua
...de cinco anos. Prior alludes, in a whimsical way, to this Hornbook:— To master lohn, the English maid, A hornbook gives of gingerbread : And that the...child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats a letter. (185.) ANPASSAL is the finish of the alphabet, and means, I suppose, and parcel, or (though... | |
 | William Andrews - 1892 - 290 sivua
...the general reader than the foregoing quotations : — " To Master John the English maid A horn -book gives of gingerbread ; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." The juveniles, it appears, had their horn-books suspended from the girdle, often learning their lessons... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1897 - 902 sivua
...which seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Muter John the English Maid A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the Child may learn the bettar As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German... | |
 | 1897 - 896 sivua
...which seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Master John the English Maid A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the...learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch masters, as in Rembrandt's " Christ... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1897 - 900 sivua
...seems once to have been a common baker's dainty. Of it Prior wrote : To Master John the English Hald A Hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And that the Child...learn the better As he can name, he eats the Letter. Hornbooks may be seen portrayed in pictures by the German and Dutch masters, as in Rembrandt's " Christ... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 560 sivua
...England, which must have proved eminently satisfactory to the student. " To master John the English maid A horn-book gives of gingerbread ; And that the...learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." To this day in England, at certain Fairs and in Kensington bake-shops, these gingerbread hornbooks... | |
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To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter. 
