 | 1846 - 506 pages
...science never taught to stray, Far as the solar walk or milky way," is quite capable of informing us, that " all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." But the rise of our modern manufacturing system has given a new aspect to the question. The Hebrew law... | |
 | Anthony Francis Thomson - 1865 - 360 pages
...day, ' a great institution.' Not only do we maintain the profound truth of the adage which declares that ' All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,' but we hold, further, that to mix up together the ideas of play and teaching, is, in a very great degree,... | |
 | 1865 - 792 pages
...boys, to the serious detriment of their physical development. Nothing is more common than the warning that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But at Eton the arrangement is pretty nearly reversed. There is a minimum of work and a maximum of play,... | |
 | 1866 - 654 pages
...were it possible, be conducive to mental development ; none can believe more emphatically than we do that " all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ;" but we believe no less firmly that there is one thing which makes a duller Jack still, and that is, " all... | |
 | Nellie Blessing Eyster - 1868 - 360 pages
...part ; but perhaps if he is so fond of fun, he does not care to study or work. I have heard it said, ' That all work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy'; but I think all play and no work would have the same effect on Jack. Don't you ? " "Yes, ma'am, maybe.... | |
 | 1871 - 208 pages
...what the old song says ? " " No, I don't," said James. " What does the old song say ? " " It says, ' that all work, and no play, makes Jack a dull boy;' but that 'all play, and no work, makes him a'" — Before John could finish what he was going to say, an... | |
 | Mary Charlotte Phillpotts - 1877 - 268 pages
...is a great mistake to go through the world carelessly and without trying to collect it. It is true that " All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"; but it is equally true that all play and no work has the same effect. Charlie soon got quite at home on... | |
 | 1969 - 432 pages
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 | William Frederick Traill - 1882 - 408 pages
...him to take a certain amount of healthy exercise, for he knew that Sappy was always at his books, and that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ; but with all his persuasion, the longest walk he could ever nduce him to take was once round the Christ... | |
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I believe that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; but I also believe that "all play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. 
