 They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money. If you come to them they are not asleep; if you ask and inquire of them, they do not withdraw themselves; they do not chide if you make mistakes; they...  MacMillan's Magazine - Page 116edited by - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Questions and answers - 1889 - 670 pages
...nesciunt, si ignorée" (pp. 13-14). These words are thus rendered, pp. 163-4, by Mr. Thomas : — " They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep : if you ask and inquire of them they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1889 - 562 pages
...cachinnos nesciunt si ignores" (pp. 13-14). These words are thus rendered, pp. 163-4, by Mr. Thomas : — " They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep : if you ask and inquire of them they do not withdraw themselves; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do not... | |
 | Richard de Bury - Bibliomania - 1888 - 370 pages
...secret ! How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them, they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 520 pages
...secret 1 How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them, they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | Richard de Bury - Book collecting - 1902 - 178 pages
...secret ! How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | Richard de Bury - Book collecting - 1903 - 182 pages
...secret ! How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | Agnes Repplier - 1904 - 300 pages
...secret ! How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books, without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them, they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them, they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | William Henry Schofield - Comparative literature - 1906 - 528 pages
...secret ! How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
 | William Henry Schofield - Comparative literature - 1906 - 528 pages
...secret ! How safely we lay bare the poverty of human ignorance to books without feeling any shame ! They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule,...come to them they are not asleep ; if you ask and inquire of them they do not withdraw themselves ; they do not chide if you make mistakes ; they do... | |
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