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" ... with a tale, forsooth; he cometh unto you, with a tale, which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 108
by George Burnett - 1807
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 530 pages
...child is often brought to take most wk some things, by hiding them in such other as have u pleasant ta which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or barbarum they should receive, would sooner take their physic at l ears than at their mouth : so is...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 540 pages
...the chimney-corner;* and, pietending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from iriekedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take most whofeBome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste: which, if one should begin...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

1831 - 368 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; * and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth : so is it in men ; (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...
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American Monthly Review, Volume 1

Sidney Willard - 1832 - 560 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth : so is it in men ; (most of whom are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...
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Christian Reformer, Volume 1

1886 - 400 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old rnen from the chimney-corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue,...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth ; so it is in men (most of them are childish till they be cradled in their graves),...
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The Monthly Review

1842 - 648 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old-men from the chimney-corner ; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even as the child is often brought to take wholesome things, by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste ; which, if one should begin...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner; and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...would sooner take their physic at their ears than at their mouth ; so is it in men, (most of which are childish in the best things, till they be cradled...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and pretending no more, doth intend ft pleasant taste ; which, if one should begin to tell them the nature of the aloes or rhubarbarum...
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Essays Upon Authors and Books

William Alfred Jones - 1849 - 342 pages
...holdelh children from play, and old men from the chimney corner ; and pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...taste; which if one should begin to tell them the name of the aloes or rheubarum they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their ears, than...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...corner ; and pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue ; even aa actual ill, rhubarbarura they should receive, would sooner take their physic at their can than their mouth. So...
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