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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 108
by George Burnett - 1807
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A manual of English literature

Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 622 pages
...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...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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A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on ...

Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...holdeth children from piny, and old men from the chimney corner ; and, pretendmg no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to t-ike most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste ; which, if one...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 3; Volume 79

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; * and, pretending no more, doth intend he teacheth them that are already taught. But the...beasts, make many, more beastly than beasts, begin to 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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A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on ...

Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1876 - 564 pages
...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;...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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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...holdcth children from play, and old men from the chimneycorner ; and pretending no more, doth intend yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in...without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure cars than their mouth. So is it in men — most of whom are childish in the best things, till they...
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Typical selections from the best English authors, with ..., Volume 1

English authors - 1876 - 484 pages
...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...take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such others as have a pleasant taste. So is it in men (most of whom are childish in the best things, till...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...hokleth 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...receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears thun their month. So is it in men— most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...
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Boys and their ways, by one who knows them

Boys - Boys - 1880 - 362 pages
...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 taught to take most wholesome things by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste, which if...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 1

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 558 pages
...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;...hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste. So is it in men, — most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled in their graves....
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue; even as the child u often brought to take most wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste. So is it in men, — must of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled in their graves....
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