Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects (1902)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Pollard, Alice · London : Methuen and co. · leaf 113
of no great learning. In fact he beginsby pointing out the inconvenience of a master not beingable to answer his boys questions, and to obviate thisoffers some ready-made dialogues on what he consideredsuitable topics. All the earlier dialogues begin with the words fromwhich the book takes its… … FROM THE ILOKES IOETARUM, S.A. ES TU SCHOLARIS? loi The cruellest of these is a kind of fools mate (to borrowa term from chess), in which the master asks, Whatgender is sum ? and it is to be hoped used his victorymercifully if his victim fell into the trap. When the firstvariations are exhausted we…
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