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" ... with a tale, forsooth; he cometh unto you, with a tale, which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 156
by George Burnett - 1807
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A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on ...

Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1891 - 570 pages
...virtue; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such ofher as have a pleasant taste, which, if one should begin...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth. So is it in men, most of whom are childish in the best things till they be cradled...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 9

Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 484 pages
...intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; eien as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth. So it is in men (most of them are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 8

Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 446 pages
...virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such others as have a pleasant taste, which if one should begin to tell them the nature of aloes or rhubarb they would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth. So it is in...
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Familiar Talks on English Literature: A Manual Embracing the Great Epochs of ...

Abby Sage Richardson - English literature - 1892 - 452 pages
...intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue, even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste." Therefore, although we intend in these Talks to follow the whole course of English literature, we shall...
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Outlines of English Literature

William Renton - English literature - 1893 - 268 pages
...intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other...take their physic at their ears than their mouth. So it is in men — most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled in their graves....
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English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 10

Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin - English literature - 1893 - 580 pages
...even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as-have a pleasant taste, which, if one should begin to tell...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth; so it is in men (most of them are childish till they be cradled in their graves), glad...
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Literary Criticism for Students

Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - Criticism - 1893 - 288 pages
...intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other...should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarb they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth. So it...
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Literary Criticism for Students

Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - Criticism - 1893 - 284 pages
...intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other...should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarb they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth. So it...
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Literary Criticism for Students

Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - Criticism - 1893 - 286 pages
...have a pleasant taste ; which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarb they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth. So it is in men (most of which are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...
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English Literary Criticism

Charles Edwyn Vaughan - Literary Criticism - 1896 - 366 pages
...intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue: even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other...which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of Aloes or Rhubarb they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth....
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