 | John Jackman, Wendy Wren - 1994 - 84 sider
...yours. . . .' 'Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in...to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth.' 'Now girl number twenty,' said Mr Gradgrind. 'You know what a horse is.' Charles Dickens Glossary objectionable... | |
 | Karl-Richard Bausch - 1995 - 210 sider
...deßnition ofa horse. ' 'Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, wo. Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in the moulh. ' Thus (and much... | |
 | David Baker - 1994 - 288 sider
...definition of a horse." "Quadruped. Gramnivorous. Forty teeth, namely twentyfour grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries sheds hoots too. Hoots hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth."Thus (and much... | |
 | Mary Hilton, Morag Styles, Victor Watson - 1997 - 258 sider
...epistemological system: Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in...requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth.27 By contrast, Sissy Jupe (who, as more than one commentator has pointed out, actually works... | |
 | James S. Taylor - 1998 - 224 sider
...same class who has clearly excelled in the Gradgrind method of knowledge, provides the correct answer: Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely, twenty-four...requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth."Now girl number twenty," said Gradgrind, "you know what a horse is." 3 The cruel irony is of... | |
 | Donald Hawes - 1998 - 310 sider
...of education: ' "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in...by marks in mouth." Thus (and much more) Bitzer'. He becomes the 'light porter' (Dickens's pun is intentional) at the Bank in Coketown, where 'he held... | |
 | Jane Adamson, Richard Freadman, David Parker - 1998 - 308 sider
...definition of a horse.' 'Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eyeteeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in...known by marks in mouth.' Thus (and much more) Bitzer. (Charles Dickens, Hard Times) A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands, How... | |
 | Nancy Armstrong - 2002 - 354 sider
...of "facts" with a lack of specificity that renders a description useless: "Quadruped. Gramnivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye...requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth."52 Having demonstrated that such an abstraction offers no coherent description of the animal... | |
 | Anne Waldron Neumann - 1999 - 196 sider
...exemplary reply: 'Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in...Age known by marks in mouth. Thus (and much more)'. A third gentleman present, a government school inspector, now steps forth approvingly: 'That's a horse.... | |
 | Gerald Coles - 1999 - 226 sider
...yours," . . . "Quadruped, Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely, twenty-four grinder, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in...to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth." . . . "Now girl number twenty," said Mr. Gradgrind, "you know what a horse is." She curtsied again,... | |
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Bitzer," said Thomas Gradgrind. " Your definition of a horse." "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twentyfour grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring ; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring... 
