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The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings,…
The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.
London: printed for Langly Curtiss, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
B.
Better say here it is, then here it was. Better Children Cry, than old Folks Weep Butter is Gold in the Morning, Silver at Noon, Lead at Night. Better see a Clout, than a Hole out Birchen Twigs, break no Ribs. Birth is much, but Breeding more.
Better say here it is, then here it was. Better Children Cry, than old Folks Weep Butter is Gold in the Morning, Silver at Noon, Lead at Night. Better see a Clout, than a Hole out Birchen Twiggs, break no Ribbs. Birth is much, but Breeding more.
C.
Children when they stand quiet, have done some Harm. Confession of a Fault, makes half Amends for it. Cloudy Mornings, turn to clear Evenings. Comparisons are very Odious. Count not your Chickens before they be hatched. ⟨p. 190⟩Close Mouth catcheth no flies:
Children when they stand quiet, have done some Harm. Confession of a Fault, makes half Amends for it. Cloudy Mornings, turn to clear Evenings. Comparisons are very Odious. Count not your Chickens before they be hatcht.