 But he tells us he did not choose that his son should be reprimanded by a slave, or pulled by the ears, if he happened to be slow in learning ; or that he should be indebted to so mean a person for his education. He was, therefore, himself his preceptor...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 225by Plutarch - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William John Courthope - 1895 - 534 pages
...Cato the Censor, who was, says the biographer, " himself his son's teacher in law, grammar, and in all the necessary exercises. For he taught him not only...ride, but to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim in the roughest and most rapid parts of the river. He wrote histories for him, as he further acquaints... | |
 | American Society for Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 pages
...dawn of understanding appeared, Cato took upon himself the office of schoolmaster to his son. . . . He taught him not only how to throw a dart, to fight...; but to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim in the roughest and most rapid parts of the river. He wrote histories for him, he further acquaints... | |
 | Cecil Fairfield Lavell - 1905 - 276 pages
...as the dawn of understanding appeared, Cato took upon himself the office of schoolmaster to his son He taught him not only how to throw a dart, to fight...ride, but to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim in the roughest and most rapid parts of the river. He wrote histories for him, he further acquaints... | |
 | William Warde Fowler - 1913 - 368 pages
...; or that he should be indebted to so mean a person for his education. He was therefore himself hii preceptor in grammar, in law, and in the necessary...; but to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim in the roughest and most rapid parts of the river. He wrote histories for him, he further acquaints... | |
 | William Boyd - 1921 - 466 pages
...physical training. For he taught him not only how to throw a dart and fight hand to hand, but to ride, to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim the most rapid rivers. He further informs us that he wrote histories for the boy with his own hand in large characters, so that... | |
 | F. R. Cowell - 1976 - 228 pages
...to maintain the practices of his forefathers. To throw a spear, to fight in armour, to ride a horse, to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim the most rapid rough rivers — these and other manly exercises such as running, jumping, fencing were the first essentials,... | |
 | American Society for the Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 pages
...the dawn of understanding appeared, Cato took upon himself the office of schoolmaster to his son. ... He taught him not only how to throw a dart, to fight...ride; but to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim in the roughest and most rapid parts of the river. He wrote histories for him, he further acquaints... | |
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