 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1872 - 538 sider
...is our time lost v.'.nK in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and-universities; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and or-ati.ins, which are the acts of ripest judgment, and the final io k rf a head filled by long reading... | |
 | Handbook, Editor of the National schoolmaster - 1872 - 120 sider
...other sources of information. Milton might well censure as a 'preposterous exaction' — what he calls 'forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations which,' says he, 'are the arts of ripest judgment, and the final work of a head filled with long reading and... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 750 sider
...is our time lost, partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to Schools and Universities, partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...orations, which are the acts of ripest judgment, and the 1 The manner of the allusion to visit. Like most high-natured men, Comenius rather forbids the idea... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 754 sider
...is our time lost, partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to Schools and Universities, partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...orations, which are the acts of ripest judgment, and the 1 The manner of the allusion to risit. Like most high-nntured men, Comenius rather forbids the idea... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 752 sider
...children to compose theme?, verses, and orations, which are the acts of ripest judgment, and thefinal work of a head filled, by long reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1874 - 432 sider
...impart. On this ground it is that he protests against what he calls " the preposterous exaction of forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes,...reading and observing with elegant maxims and copious invention. These are not matters," he says, "to be wrung from poor striplings like blood out of the... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1875 - 208 sider
...other sources of information. Milton might well censure as a " preposterous exaction " what he calls " forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which," says he, " are the arts of ripest judgment, and the final work of a head filled by long reading and... | |
 | John Milton - 1876 - 506 sider
...is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...reading and observing, with elegant maxims and copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 sider
...is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in hat which on his heights did grow, Whilst Jonson crept...neighbouring shore, Was taught by Shakspeare's Tempest invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the... | |
 | John Milton - 1876 - 506 sider
...is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of...reading and observing, with elegant maxims and' copious invention. These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like blood out of the nose, or the... | |
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And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and... 
