 Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the meantime your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of...  Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics - Page 194by George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1891 - 338 pages
...the education of children, and I asked him what he thought was best to teach them first. JOHNSOX. " Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any...child first, another boy has learnt them both.""' But there is one passage which supports this view in a very conclusive way, and exhibits Boswell's... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 pages
...no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, while you are considering which of two things...your child first, another boy has learnt them both. Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 328 pages
...no matter wliat you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy haa learnt them both. Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1897 - 1272 pages
...teachers if called on to apply their principles. I)r Johnson suggests as much in this rebuke ; he says, " While you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learned them both." The world at different times changes its educational ideals in the most arbitrary... | |
 | 1898 - 232 pages
...it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first, but in the meantime your breech is bare. Sir,...your child first, another boy has learnt them both." [22] An Insignificant MP A couple of visitors from a rural district were in the Strangers' Gallery,... | |
 | 1899 - 766 pages
...matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. . . Sir, while you are considering which of two things...child first, another •boy has learnt them both." A more important question is how many sciences should be taught ? To this, I should answer, one, if... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 pages
...no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. Sir, while you are considering which of two things...your child first, another boy has learnt them both. Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are... | |
 | 1900 - 804 pages
...matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. . . Sir, while you are considering which of two things...child first, another •boy has learnt them both." A more important question is how many sciences should be taught? To this, I should answer, one, if... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 562 pages
...Some very delicate frames, indeed, may be affected by wet weather ; but not common constitutions." him what he thought was best to teach them first....your child first, another boy has learnt them both." On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JoHNSON: "Swift has... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...first JOHNSON: "Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put in mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. JOHNSON : "Swift... | |
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