The Old Farmer And His Almanack Being Some Observations On Life And Manners in
The Old Farmer And His Almanack Being Some Observations On Life And Manners in
George Lyman Kittredge
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I took the grammar and showed the rule to him. Then he smilingly said, "Thou art a brave boy; I had forgot it. " And no wonder ; for he was then above eighty years old. 2 Mr. Cheever was master of the Boston Latin School for nearly forty years. He died in 1 708, at the age of ninety- three, and was honored with a singular poetical tribute from 1 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. , 3d Series, V, 179-80. 2 The same, p. 180. THE SCHOOLMASTER 233 the pen of Benjamin Tompson, " the renowned poet of New England.... " 1 It bore a title prophetic of Browning, " The Grammarians Funeral, " and was printed as a broadside. 2 It begins : Eight Parts of Speech this Day wear Mourning Gowns Declin'd Verbs, Pronouns, Participles, Nouns. And not declined, Adverbs and Conjunctions, In Lillies Porch they stand to do their functions. With Preposition ; but the most affection Was still observed in the Interjection. This is quaint enough, but the oddest thing about the verses is that they are announced in the broadside as hav- ing been originally " composed upon the Death of Mr.
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