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" It is enough," said a person of high rank to the secretary of Henry VIII., " it is enough for the sons of the nobility to wind their horn and carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people." We have young patricians... "
The Family Library (Harper). - Page 105
1847
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 3

Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 pages
...same manner : for, in those days, " it was thought sufficient for noblemen to winde their horn, and to carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people." This diversion was, among the old English, the pride of the rich, and the privilege of...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 82, Part 1; Volume 111

1812 - 778 pages
...London, fol. 126. b." . " In those days [temp. Henry VI.) it was thought sufficient for Noblemen's sons to wind their horn and carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people. See C'axton's Life in BiographiaBritannica." . " Bolton Village and Castell is 4 miles...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 4

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...under his arm. la those days, it was thought sufficient for noblemen's sons to wind the horn, and to carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people. Indeed, this diversion was in such high esteem among the great all over Europe, that Frederic, one...
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Tales of the academy

Tales - 1820 - 560 pages
...of nobility. In those days, it was thought sufficient for noblemen's sons to wind the horn, and to carry their Hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people. The object for which these birds were trained was the pursuit of the hare, the partridge, the quail,...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 56

1839 - 642 pages
...secretary of Henry V III., ' it is enough for the sons of the nobility to wind their horn, and cany their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the...have sapient graybeards in the same class who, having mastered their letters, seem to be afraid that letters might become their masters if they suffered...
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Tales of the Academy, Volume 2

1821 - 276 pages
...of nobility. In those days, it was thought sufficient for noblemen's sons to wind the horn, and to carry their Hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of meaner people. . ; The object for which these birds were trained was the pursuit of the hare, the partridge, the quail,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 10

1823 - 872 pages
...same manner; for in those days, it was thought sufficient for a nobleman to winde their horn, and t<i carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people. The former were the accomplishments of the times ; Spenser makes his gallant Sir Tristram...
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Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure

Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1824 - 262 pages
...Basilicon Doron. f " It is enough (said a great man in the reign of Henry VIII.) for the sons of noblemen to wind their horn, and carry their hawk fair, and...study and learning to the children of meaner people." G excluded from any participation in the government, and have no temptations to those exertions which...
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A Picture of the Manners, Customs, Sports, and Pastimes, of the Inhabitants ...

Jehoshaphat Aspin - 1825 - 330 pages
...to hawking or hunting; it being then " thought sufficient for noblemen to winde their horn, and to carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people ;" in the evening they celebrated their exploits with the most abandoned and brutish sottishness...
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Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and ...

Emma Roberts - 1827 - 660 pages
...even at a much later period. " It is enough," said he to the king's secretary, " for noblemen's sons to wind their horn and carry their hawk fair, and leave study and learning to the children of mean people." Although the chief strength of the English army still consisted in its archers, which...
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