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" ... have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child if you do thus or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being... "
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D - Page 77
by JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipt, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of...there, and had read them till he acquired some skill in physick, in consequence of which he is often consulted by the poor. There were several here waiting...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Together with a Journal of a ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1900 - 636 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of...mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." Mr. Langton told me, that when Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell - 1901 - 540 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of...mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each oth^r." When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved, owing...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1901 - 502 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of...superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief ; yon make brothers and sisters hate each other. During Mr. Boyd's stay in Arran, he had found a chest...
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School: A Monthly Record of Educational Thought and Progress, Volume 7

1907 - 230 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of...; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." On another occasion the quondam schoolmaster said : " There is now less flogging in our great schools...
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Life of Johnson, Volumes 1-2

James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; Literary When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved, owing to their...
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The Modern Child

1908 - 284 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't : whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of...; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." Dr JOHNSON, Boswelfs Life of Johnson Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. Even reproofs...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1910 - 542 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipt, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of...there, and had read them till he acquired some skill in physick, in consequence of which he is often consulted by the poor. There were several here waiting...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there 'a an end on't: . . . That superiority over his fellows, which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ...: Together with a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1910 - 602 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of...lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each_other_.ILMr. Langton told me, that when Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were...
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