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" I would rather have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child if you do thus or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 42
by James Boswell - 1807
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...esteemed than your b/others or sisters. The rod produces / 1 See ante, \. 54. an The Buller of Buchan. an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...; you make brothers and sisters hate each other.' During Mr. Boyd's stay in Arran, he had found a chest of medical books, left by a surgeon there, and...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...you do thus, or tljus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...remarkably well behaved, owing to their mother's strict disciple and severe correction', he exclaimed, in one of Shakspeare's lines a -little varied, '•Rod,...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...mischief ; you make brothers and sisters hate each other1.' When Johnson saw some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably well behaved, owing...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1807 - 496 pages
...if you do thus or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." During Mr. Boyd's stay in Arran, he had found A chest of medical books, left by a surgeon there, and...
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...being whipped, and gets his task, and there's an end ou't; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superiority, .you lay the foundation of lasting...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...if you do thus or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." During Mr. Boyd's stay in Arran, he had found a chest of medical books, left by a surgeon there, and...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself, A child is afraid of being wipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisoas of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting misť chief; you make brothers and sisters...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other." " Johnson's opinion of the most proper course to be pursued in the instruction of youth is ascertained...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...wipped, and gets his task, and there's an end on't ; whereas, by exciting emulation and compa:isons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting...some young ladies in Lincolnshire who were remarkably sdi behaved, owing to their mother's strict discipline and severe correction, he exclaimed, in one...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid...whereas, by exciting emulation and comparisons of superitirity, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief; you make brothers and sisters hate each other."...
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