...one or tlie other is best for my son." At another time he said, " There is now less flogging in onr great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one ond end they lose at the other." Yet more, he observed, was learned in public than in private schools,...

...son." At another time he said, " There is now loss flogging in our great schools than formerly,but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one ond end they lose at the other." Yet more, he observed, was learned in public than in private schools,...

...WRITING. The writer of an epitaph should not be considered as saying nothing but what is strictly true. Allowance must be made for some .degree of exaggerated...praise. In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. REAL HISTORY RARE. , We must consider how very little history there is ; I mean, real authentic history....

...night ; and then the nap takes me." Another of his sayings was, " There is now less flogging in our schools than formerly : but then less is learned there...the boys get at one end, they lose at the other." Speaking against the practice of trying to make young children precocious, the doctor said, " Too much...

...properly a general one, but whether ouo or the other is best for my son." At another time he said, " There is now less flogging in our great schools than...learned there; so that what the boys get at one end end they lose at the other." Tct more, he observed, was learned in public than in private schools,...

...Johnson approved of this kind of discipline and regretted its disuse. Cf. Boswell, ' Life,' anno 1775. 'There is now less flogging in our great schools than...what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.' Cf. also, on the other side, Herbert Spencer, ' On the Study of Sociology ' in the International Scientific...

...seminary. 1 In a conversation with Dr. Burney, in the year 1775, Johnson said : " There Is now leal flogging In our great schools than formerly, but then...what the boys get at one end they lose at the other." «TAT. 11—12. LICHFIELD SCHOOL. 43 of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief ; you...

...supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics for the tongue." There is now less flogging in our schools than formerly, but then less is learned there...what the boys get at one end they lose at the other. If he had two ideas in his head, they would fall out with each other. Of a quarrelsome fellow. Let...

...varied : "Rod, I will honour thee for this thy duty." At a subsequent period he observed to Dr. Rose : "There is now less flogging in our great schools than...what the boys get at one end they lose at the other." To Dr. Percy, bishop of Dromore, he discriminated his progress at his two grammar schools thus: "At...

...books afterwards. — Life. April 16, 1779. Education There is now less flogging in our great Flowing schools than formerly, but then less is learned there...what the boys get at one end they lose at the other. — Life. Sayings Collected by Dr. Burney, 1775Necessity When the pale of ceremony is broken, Education...