. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . behaviour. The boy is thenbidden to salute his parents, and even to kneel and asktheir blessing. On his way to school he is to greet thepassers-by, not to throw stones at dogs or hogs, or to gobirds nesting. At school he is bidden to stick to his books,and is reminded that learning and industry are the road topreferment in life, while tor the laggard and the carelessthere remains the birch. The unwillingnes
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . behaviour. The boy is thenbidden to salute his parents, and even to kneel and asktheir blessing. On his way to school he is to greet thepassers-by, not to throw stones at dogs or hogs, or to gobirds nesting. At school he is bidden to stick to his books,and is reminded that learning and industry are the road topreferment in life, while tor the laggard and the carelessthere remains the birch. The unwillingness of the naturalboy to learn is liumorously illustrated by a short ]iooni, inwhich the boy lamentsthe necessity of learningin order to become aclerk. When he is late My master lokitli ;vs lie witc raadde : Wher has tliou be, thou sory Indde i ? Milked dukkis, my iimdii- badde. The master has beardthe kind of , and the youth,sore in mind and body,vents his impotent ragiiu characteristic school-boy imaginings: I wold my iiiastei- were an all his bokis howndis I myself a joly huntere :To blow my horu I wold not spare!For if he were dede I wold not lUUCIlINC A HOV (MS. (i K. vi.). 180 THE COXSOLIDATION Uh THE KINGDUM. A great many irre]iroachable moral precepts are scatteredup and di)wn these numerous treatises—be careful whatcompany yon kee]>, ddut bo a tale-liearer, avoid dicing andsuch-like dangerous unmstnnents, he courteous and miscltishto everyone. ])Ut the larger part of the space which thewriters devote to their tlicmr is in most cases taken up witlidirections for waiting on a lord at table and for ones ownbehaviour during meals. The demeanour of a squire towaidshis lord is at all times to be marked by a deferential courtesyof act and speech which modern minds associate wdth thegood old days. Bow to your lord when you speak to him;kneel on one knee when yon offer him anything; dontspeak unless he speaks to you, and then answ
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