 | 1886 - 340 pages
...laconically. air Anth. Why, Mrs. Malaprop, in moderation, now, what would you have a woman know? Mrs. Af. Observe me, Sir Anthony, I would by no means wish...paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning ; nor will it be necessary for her to handle any of your mathematical, astronomical, diabolical instruments;... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1888 - 916 pages
...advocates of the Higher Education — those admirable and audacious young neophytes who have not feared to meddle with " Greek, or Hebrew, or algebra, or simony,...paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning." And no doubt there are optimists among us who look forward to a time when the average woman shall possess... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 428 pages
...was spent in finding a hiding-place. 31. Herschel discovered the telescope. \.~* •* ^*\*-£. 32. Observe me, Sir Anthony, I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning. 33. They stand upon security, and will not liberate him until it be obtained. . Q \ - , 34. The children... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...balance of the night was spent in finding a hiding-place. 31. Herschel discovered the telescope. 32. Observe me, Sir Anthony, I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning. 33. They stand upon security, and will not liberate him until it be obtained. 34. The children work... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 pages
...without purchasing anything. 3110 Saadi : The Gulistan. Ch. VIII. Rules for Conduct in Life. No. 5. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning. 3111 " Sheridan : The Rivals. Act i. Sc. 2. LEISURE. Employ thy time well, if thpu meanest to gain... | |
 | Lloyd Charles Sanders - 1890 - 206 pages
...Tryfort praises Lord Hewkly, " Oh, in everything, ma'am, he's a perfect progeny." Mrs. Malaprop says, " Observe me, Sir Anthony. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny ot learning." Similarly, Mrs. Malaprop wishes that her daughter might know something of the "contagious... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 318 pages
...the word carriage, but the reader did uot. Now don't attempt to extirpate yourself from the. matter. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning ; . . . she should have a s^1percilious knowledge of accounts 1fec. ... I would have her instructed... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 322 pages
...the word carriage, but the reader did not. Now don't attempt to extirpate yourself from the matter. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; . . . she should have a supercilious knowledge of accounts Ac. ... I would have her instructed in geometry... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 314 pages
...upon the fretful parmpine.— Shakespeare. The seme of death is most in apprsAawion.— Shakespeare. I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny (prodigy) of learning.— Sheridan. (The Rivals.) is joroftation ; mortal man was made To sofoe the... | |
 | 1915 - 556 pages
...our dear old friend Mrs. Malaprop was still representing fashionable England when she declared : — "I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be...paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning. But I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity... | |
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Observe me, Sir Anthony — I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; I dont think so much learning becomes a young woman ; for instance — I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or algebra, or simony, or fluxions,... 
