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" Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained... "
Institutional History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry ... - Page 442
by Philip Alexander Bruce - 1910
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1849 - 700 pages
...lords of manors had reccived an education differing little from that of thcir menial servants. The hcir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...as Paris. Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 480 pages
...as Paris. Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 2

1849 - 854 pages
...as Paris. Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family, wilh no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his...
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 pages
...as Paris. Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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The Retrospective Review, Volumes 1-2

1853 - 888 pages
...is not likely that women travelled more than men. " The heir of an estate," Mr. Macaulay tells us, " often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family, with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers ; and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose, Volume 1

Mark Napier - 1856 - 502 pages
...was a century in advance. " The heir of an estate," says Mr Macaulay, in his History of England, " often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family, with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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Polyglot Reader, and Guide for Translation: Consisting of a Series of ...

Jean Roemer - 1857 - 332 pages
...as Paris. Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at the seat of his family, with no better tutors than grooms and gamekeepers, and scarce attained learning enough to sign his name to...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 1052 pages
...as Paris. Many lords of manors had received an education differing little from that of their menial servants. The heir of an estate often passed his boyhood and youth at ine seat of his family, with no better tutors than grooms and game-keepers, and scarce attained learning...
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