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Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully…
Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully be attempted, for the hope of the flock. In a funeral sermon upon Mr. Ezekiel Cheever. The ancient and Honourable master of the Free-School in Boston. Who left off, but when mortality took him off, in August, 1708. the ninety fourth year of his age. : With an elegy and an epitaph upon him. / By one that was once a scholar to him. ; [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1708
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The Grammar now taught in our Schools goes under the Name of Lilies; tho' in his own time, he modestly declined the honour of it; and it is well known, that the English Rudiments were done by Colet, the Syntaxis was done by Erasmus, and other parts by other hands. Even this Grammar is not without its Faults; and besides other just Exceptions against persisting in the use of it, and thereby prolonging the Reign of the Ferula, which cannot be heard; (Inexorable Custom will not hear them!) there are those who find it not free from Solecisms.
The Grammar now taught in our Schools goes under the Name of Lillies; tho' in his own time, he modestly declined the honour of it; and it is well known, that the English Rudiments were done by Colet, the Syntaxis was done by Erasmus, and other parts by other hands. Even this Grammar is not without its Faults; and besides other just Exceptions against persisting in the use of it, and thereby prolonging the Reign of the Ferula, which cannot be heard; (Inexorable Custome will not hear them!) there are those who find it not free from Solaecisms.
We must not wonder at it then, if the Best of our Masters, be thought attended with their Imperfections. Whatever mine might have, they are buried. And we generally concur in acknowledging, That New-England has never known a better. I am sure, I have as much Reason to appear for him, as ever Crito for his Master Socrates,
The Short History of his Long Usefulness, is to be comprised in the Ensuing Articles.
The Short History of his Long Usefulness, is to be comprized in the Ensuing Articles.