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 | Lisa Birnbach, Ann Hodgman, Patricia Marx - 2000 - 326 Seiten
...minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards." — Anatole France Great Qucrtes About backers "Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot." — James Thomson "The decent decent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His student... | |
 | J.F. Powers - 2000 - 596 Seiten
...man of action," and was silent. "I know." "Delightful task," as one of the cheery English poets says, "to rear the tender thought, to teach the young idea how to shoot." I almost added that the geometry teacher, if living, must be cherished by the Fatherland today,... | |
 | Dustin Griffin - 2005 - 332 Seiten
...poet. It is loving parents who enjoy the "Delightful Task" of rearing the "tender Thought" and teaching "the young Idea how to shoot, / To pour the fresh Instruction o'er the Mind" (Spring, lines 1152-54). Perhaps, after all, the poet's work is to provide georgic instruction and... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 Seiten
...expect they should acquire a relish for that more useful culture of young minds. Thompson says, 14 Tis joy to see the human blossoms blow, when infant reason...young idea how to shoot, to pour the fresh instruction over the mind, to breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix the generous purpose in the glowing breast."... | |
 | George Eliot - 2003 - 644 Seiten
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Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. 
