 That he thought it not indifferent so to order the matter; for,' said he, 'poor men's children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature, which are also the gifts of God, as, with eloquence, memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such...  Southey's Common-place Book - Page 294by Robert Southey - 1849 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...interposed the archbishop, * I think it not just so to order the matter ; for poor men's children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature, which are also the gifts of God, as eloquence, memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such like, and also commonly more apt to apply... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 888 pages
...That he thought it not indifferent so to order the matter; for," said he, " poor men's children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature,...with eloquence, memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such like; and are commonly, also, more apt to apply their study than is the gentleman's son delicately... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - Theology - 1828 - 954 pages
...commonly, also, more apt to apply their study than is the gentleman's son delicately educated." Hereunto it was, on the other part, replied, " That it was meet for the ploughman's son to go to the plough, and the artificer's son to apply the trade of his parent's vocation, and the gentleman's... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1829 - 418 pages
...commonly, also, more apt to apply their study than is the gentleman's son delicately educated." Hereunto it was, on the other part, replied, " That it was meet for the ploughman's son to go to the plough, and the artificer's son to apply the trade of his parent's vocation, and the gentleman's... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Bishops - 1831 - 436 pages
...No, said the archbishop, " ' I think it not just so to order the matter ; for poor men's children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature, which are also the gifts of God ; as eloquence, memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such like ; and also commonly more apt to apply... | |
 | Thomas Cranmer - 1833 - 562 pages
...that lie thought " it not indifferent so to order the matter. For (said he) poor men's " children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature,...ploughman's son to go to plough, and the artificer's sou to apply the " trade of his parent's vocation, and the gentlemen's children are meet " to have... | |
 | Thomas Cranmer - Canon law - 1833 - 562 pages
...he thought " it not indifferent so to order the matter. For (said he) poor men's '• children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature,...educated. " Whereunto it was on the other part replied, thai it was meet for the " ploughman's son to go to plough, and the artificer's son to apply the "... | |
 | Henry VIII (King of England) - Bishops - 1838 - 158 pages
...That he thought it not indifferent so to order the matter; for,' said he, 'poor men's children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature,...with eloquence, memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such like ; and also commonly more apt to apply their study, than is the gentleman's son, delicately... | |
 | Science - 1830 - 1112 pages
..." he thought it not indifferent so to order the matter f "for," said he, " poor men's children are many times endued with more singular gifts of nature,...with eloquence, memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such like, and are commonly, also, more apt to apply their study than is the gentleman's son delicately... | |
 | John Strype - 1840 - 740 pages
...he thought it not indif" ferent so to order the matter : for," said he, " poor men's "children are many times endued with more singular gifts " of nature,...eloquence, " memory, apt pronunciation, sobriety, and such like ; and " also commonly more apt to apply their study, than is the " gentleman's son delicately... | |
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