He takes no joy in office-see him now, And from all comforts of the world to fly, TALE XXI. THE LEARNED BOY. Like one well studied in a sad ostent, To please his grandam. Merchant of Venice, Act II. Scene 2. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail, Unwillingly to school. As You Like It, Act II. Scene 7. He is a better scholar than I thought he was He has a good sprag memory. Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV. Scene 1. TALE XXI. THE LEARNED BOY. AN honest man was Farmer Jones, and true, Left with his children in a widow'd state, Jones still persisted in that cheerless life, Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: |