 | William Murison - 1910 - 416 ページ
...means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning. She should have a supercilious knowledge of accounts ; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed...something of the contagious countries ; but above all, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell and mis-pronounce words so shamefully... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 ページ
...schooling for girls may serve as an example: I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice....should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mis-pronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend... | |
 | William Empson - 1950 - 312 ページ
...was not much needed for contrast, so it can't be blamed for the literary works of that decade. 28l she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts...would have her instructed in geometry, that she might leam something of the contagious countries ; but above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 ページ
...Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions, or Paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning1 — neither would it be necessary for her to handle any of your...ingenuity and artifice. Then, sir, she should have a superficial knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry that... | |
 | Michael Earley, Philippa Keil - 1992 - 164 ページ
...diabolical instruments. But, Sir Anthony, I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice. Then, Sir, she should have a supercilious5 knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry,6... | |
 | 2005 - 276 ページ
...would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding school, in order to learn a little ingenuity, and 20 artifice. Then, sir, she should have a supercilious...should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis25 spell, and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might... | |
 | Tony Crowley - 1996 - 228 ページ
...progeny of learning .... But, Sir Anthony, I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice....I would have her instructed in geometry, that she should know something of the contagious countries; but above all, Sir Anthony, she should be Mistress... | |
 | Marina Yaguello - 1998 - 190 ページ
...old, to a boarding school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice.— Then, Sir, she would have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; — and...contagious countries;— but above all, Sir Anthony, she would be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mis-pronounce words so shamefully... | |
 | Joss Bennathan - 2001 - 264 ページ
...diabolical instruments. But, Sir Anthony, I would send her, at nine years old, to a boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice. Then, Sir, she should 110 have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry,... | |
 | Mary Ann Rishel - 2002 - 338 ページ
...similar, Mrs. Malaprop crunches half puns, both amusing and ironic, unaware of her affectation. Ex: "I would have her instructed in geometry that she might know something of the boundaries of contagious (contiguous) countries." Popular to this day, they have reappeared in the... | |
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I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries ; but above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell, and mis-pronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do;... 
