"Authority may place a child in the path of learning; but pleasure only can entice him on; let us therefor endeavour to strew the entrance with flowers, which may induce him to proceed with alacrity."
— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Marshall
Date
1785
Metaphor
"Authority may place a child in the path of learning; but pleasure only can entice him on; let us therefor endeavour to strew the entrance with flowers, which may induce him to proceed with alacrity."
Metaphor in Context
Authority may place a child in the path of learning; but pleasure only can entice him on; let us therefor endeavour to strew the entrance with flowers, which may induce him to proceed with alacrity. (page 52)
Provenance
Contributed by PC Fleming
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1785, c. 1790, c. 1799, 1798).
Fenn, Ellenor. The Art of Teaching in Sport; Designed As a Prelude to a Set of Toys, for Enabling Ladies to Instill the Rudiments of Spelling Reading, Grammar, and Arithmetic, Under the Idea of Amusement. (London: printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. at No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow-Lane, 1785). Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. <Link to ESTC>
Fenn, Ellenor. The Art of Teaching in Sport; Designed As a Prelude to a Set of Toys, for Enabling Ladies to Instill the Rudiments of Spelling Reading, Grammar, and Arithmetic, Under the Idea of Amusement. (London: printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. at No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow-Lane, 1785). Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/14/2010
