 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 562 стор.
...proved eminently satisfactory to the student. "To master John the English maid A horn-book gives ot gingerbread ; And that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." To this day in England, at certain Fairs and in Kensington bake-shops, these gingerbread hornbooks... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1900 - 228 стор.
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers ? " 'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the...the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.'" " Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, " there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
 | Walter Sichel - 1901 - 582 стор.
...gingerbread horn-books celebrated by Prior in his " Alma " : — "... Begin we in our children's reading, To Master John the English maid A horn-book gives of gingerbread, And that the child may eat the better, As he can name, he eats the letter." We must quit education for surroundings, as we... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 312 стор.
...way of all. Do you not remember the practice of our Forefathers? 'To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread; And, that the Child...learn the better, As he can name, he eats the Letter.' "Oh, how I used to wish," said Euphranor, "there had been any such royal road to Grammar which one... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 350 стор.
...he may do so in the most Musical manner of all. Don't you know?" "To Master John, the Chamber-maid A Horn-book gives of Ginger-bread ; And, that the...learn the better, As he can name he eats the Letter." (38) I only wish my poor Clown had such facilities — for anything but Learning. However, take you... | |
 | 1903 - 504 стор.
...books—if you may so call them. They consisted of the alphabet only and recall the lines of Prior: To master John the English maid A horn-book gives...learn the better As he can name, he eats the letter. These are still made and sold in Belgium, Holland, and other parts of Europe. The very commonest kind... | |
 | John Ashton - 1904 - 202 стор.
...similar way to the educational biscuits of the present day ; for Matthew Prior, in his Alma says : ' To Master John, the English maid A horn-book gives,...learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.' It was made with honey, before the introduction of sugar, and must be of remote antiquity and intimately... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1905 - 404 стор.
...Slovens only are not greasy. I mention'd diff'rent Ways of Breeding : Begin We in our Children's Reading. To Master JOHN the ENGLISH Maid A Horn-book gives...learn the better, As He can name, He eats the Letter : Proceeding thus with vast Delight, He spells, and gnaws, from Left to Right. But shew a HEBREW'S... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 294 стор.
...variation of the hornbook is described by Prior in his poem, "Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind" (1718). "To Master John the English maid A horn-book gives,...child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats each letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left to right." This form... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 392 стор.
...Progress of the Mind" (1718). "To Master John the English maid A horn-book gives, of ginger bread; And that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats each letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells and gnaws from left to right." This form... | |
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To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter. 
