 stood before Busby's tomb, he exclaimed, " Dr. Busby, a great man, whipped my grandfather — a very great man ! I should have gone to him myself if I had not been a blockhead. A very great man." Matthew Prior was one of Atterbury's schoolmates, and so,...  Littell's Living Age1879Fragmentweergave - Over dit boek
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1886 - 660 pagina’s
...by, look as pale as his ' marble, in remembrance of his severe exactions.' 3 As Sir Roger de Coverley stood before Busby's tomb, he exclaimed, ' Dr. Busby, a great man, whipped my grandfather—a very ' great man! I should have gone to him myself if I had not f been a blockhead.... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1879 - 604 pagina’s
...any previous head-master, and we find a certain gentleman saying, " Dr. Busby was a great man ! he whipped my grandfather, a very great man ! I should...myself, if I had not been a blockhead ; a very great man ! " One would almost like to inquire whether the use of the cane and the making of bishops have elsewhere... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1887 - 396 pagina’s
...Jlusby's Tomb, the Knight utter'd himself again after the same Manner, Dr. Busby, a great Man ! he whipp'd my Grandfather ; a very great Man ! I should have...myself, if I had not been a Blockhead : a very great Man ! We were immediately conducted into the little Chappel on the right hand. Sir ROGER planting himself... | |
 | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1887 - 498 pagina’s
...Busbywas the man for whom Sir Roger de Coverley expressed so high an admiration : " A great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man ! I should...gone to him myself if I had not been a Blockhead!" The tract introduces this very failing of the Westminster Orbilius, who accused the under - master... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pagina’s
...Westminster Abbey. same manner : " Dr Busby I* a great man t he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man 1 while to make him repeat.* We were now got to the upper end of the Mall, where wer 1" We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand. Sir Roger, planting himself... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1887 - 216 pagina’s
...himself again after the same manner, — "Dr. Busby—a great man! he whipped my grandfather—avery great man ! I should have gone to him myself if I had not been a blockhead—a very great man! " We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1889 - 556 pagina’s
...Busby's tomb, the knight uttered himself again after the same manner, " Dr. Busby, a great man! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man! I should...if I had not been a blockhead; a very great man!" "We were then conveyed to the two coronation-chairs, where my old friend, after having heard that the... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1889 - 416 pagina’s
...School, who used to be called the "flogging master." "Agreat man," says Sir Roger de Covcrley ; "he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man ! I should...if I had not been a blockhead ; a very great man." — ED. serves. I have known great numbers of his scholars, and am confident I could discover a stranger... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 164 pagina’s
...Busby's tomb, 3 the knight uttered himself again after the same manner, " Dr. Busby, a great man! he whipped my grandfather; a very great man! I should...if I had not been a blockhead ; a very great man!" We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand. Sir Roger planting himself... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 422 pagina’s
...Busby's tomb, the knight uttered himself again after the same manner, ' Dr. Busby, a great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man ! I should...myself, if I had not been a blockhead ; a very great man !' We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand. Sir Roger planting himself... | |
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