 | 1849 - 604 pages
...have, in the course of ages, become not only a ' wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely a page of ' the history or lighter literature of the...does not contain some proof that our ancestors were c less humane than their posterity. The discipline of workshops, ' of schools, of private families,... | |
 | 1849 - 364 pages
...have, in the course of ages become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth...present, was infinitely harsher. Masters, well born ahd bred, were in tbe habit of beating their servants. Pedagogues knew no way of imparting knowledge... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...have, in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth...The discipline of workshops, of schools, of private fami• The deaths were 23,22:.'.— Prtty's Political Arithmetic. VoL. I.— 37 2 B lies, though not... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 464 pages
...have, in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth...The discipline of workshops, of schools, of private fami• The deaths were 23,222. — Petty's Political Arithmetic. VOL. I.— 37 2 B lies, though not... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 480 pages
...have, in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which does not r contain some proof that our ancestors were less humane than their posterity. The discipline of workshops,... | |
 | 1849 - 542 pages
...that we in the course of ages, become, not only a wiser, but also a kinder people. Thoae is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which docs not contain some proof that our.ancestors were less humane than their posterity. The discipline... | |
 | 1887 - 678 pages
...(Dalton's ' Justice,' 1655, cap. 72, p. 204) ; and Macanlay states that in the seventeenth century masters, well born and bred, were in the habit of beating their servants (' History of England,' edit.' Works,' 8 vols., 1876, vol. i. chap. iii. p. 331). A modern text-book... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 556 pages
...iirffie course ofL^ages, become, not only a wiser, "bul also a kind r people.] There is scarcely a page "of the history or lighter literature of the...ancestors were less humane than their posterity. The disci• pline of workshops, of schools, of private families, though not more efficient than at present,... | |
 | 1855 - 228 pages
...hand. Swedeuborg in 1750. Aveana Ctelcetia, nos. 2121 and 2123. kinder people. There is seareely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which docs not contain some proof that our aneestors were less humane than their posterity. The diseipline... | |
 | George Washington Quinby - 1856 - 342 pages
...England, says: "There is scarcely a page of the history, or the lighter literature of the seventeeth century, which does not contain some proof that our...the habit of beating their servants. Pedagogues knew of no way of imparting knowledge but by beating their pupils. Husbands of decent station were not ashamed... | |
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There is scarcely a page of the history or lighter literature of the seventeenth century which does not contain some proof that our ancestors were less humane than their posterity. The discipline of workshops, of schools, of private families, though not... 
