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" It is ordered that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families,... "
Report of the Commissioner of Education, with Circulars and Documents ... - Page 322
by United States. Department of Education (1867-1868) - 1868
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 97

1853 - 636 pages
...England, that none of the brethren shall ' suffer so much barbarism in their families as not to teach their * children and apprentices so much learning as may enable them ' perfectly to learn the English tongue '....' To the end * The first endowed school for the education of the poor...
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The North American Review, Volume 16

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1823 - 470 pages
...characteristic. ' If any be unable to do so much, [that is, ' to teach their children and apprentices ao much learning as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue'] that then at the least, they procure such children and apprentices to learn some short orthodox catechism,...
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An Excursion Through the United States and Canada During the Years 1822-1823

William Newnham Blane - Canada - 1824 - 530 pages
...so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour, by themselves or others, to teach their children and apprentices so much learning, as...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue," &c. The penalty for the neglect was twenty shillings. In the same code it is ordered, that every town,...
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The North American Review, Volume 106

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1868 - 766 pages
...neighbors, to see, .first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others,...penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein." This, if we mistake not, was the first statute of compulsory education.* Almost two centuries had passed,...
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American Annals of Education, Volume 1

Education - 1826 - 788 pages
...neighbors, to see; ' First, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others,...English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: ' Also, that all masters of families do once a week (at the least) catechise their children and servants...
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American Annals of Education, Volume 1

Education - 1826 - 782 pages
...neighbors, to see; ' First, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others,...English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws: ' Also, that all masters of families do once a week (at the least) catechise their children and servants...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of ..., Volume 10

Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 432 pages
...of them (the colonists) shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children...and apprentices so much learning as may enable them to read the English tongue, and knowledge, of the capital laws." By a reference to the list of colleges...
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American Annals of Education and Instruction, Volume 3

Education - 1833 - 632 pages
...endeavor to teach by themselves or others, theire children and apprentices, MI much learning as may inable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital! lawes." ' As early as 1635, free schools were commenced in Boston. The union of the Massachusetts and...
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American Annals of Education

William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - Education - 1833 - 658 pages
...to teach by themselves or others, theire children and apprentices, Ťo much learning as may inable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital! lawes." ' As early as 1635, free schools were commenced in Boston. The union of the Massachusetts and...
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A History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - 1834 - 532 pages
...New-England, that " none of the brethren shall suffer so much barbarism in their families, as not to teach their children and apprentices so much learning, as...enable them perfectly to read the English tongue." VOL. 1. 63 CHAP. " To the end that learning may not be buried in the -~~ graves of our forefathers,"...
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