... 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 77by JAMES BOSWELL - 1892Full view - About this book
| John Henry Wigmore - 1912 - 1076 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there 's an end on 't; 5 . . . On Saturday, April 11, 1772, he appointed me to come to him in the evening, when he should be... | |
| James Boswell - 1917 - 606 pages
...task, and there's an end on't; \ Whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiorij*iiy, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each others That superiority over his fellows, which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through... | |
| 1898 - 634 pages
...task, and there's an end on't; whereas by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority you ¡ay the foundation of lasting mischief — you make brothers and sisters hate each other." The gruff old philosopher may have been right or wrong in his preference of one bad motive force to... | |
| CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CHROUGH BOOKLAND - 1922 - 530 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." to their mother's strict discipline and severe correction, he exclaimed, in one of Shakespeare's lines... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 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." When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved, owing to their... | |
| James Boswell - 1923 - 372 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." After having resided for some time at the house of his uncle, Cornelius Ford, Johnson was, at the age... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on'tj 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... | |
| George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 pages
...terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't; ފ That superiority over his fellows, which he maintained with so much dignity in his march through life,... | |
| Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 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." It is but fair to add that Johnson was himself always markedly kind to children — one of the minor... | |
| Colin Bingham - 2006 - 428 pages
...recite Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard so that their individual performances could be compared. By exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority,...lasting mischief: you make brothers and sisters hate eachother- SAMUEL JOHNSON You know my opinion is that the boys should be much abroad in the air at... | |
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