Let vs graunt that it is but a very lytle, yet were it better the chylde to do it, then eyther nothyng at al, or lerne somewhat that after muste be vnlerned.
They lerne to loke fierslie, the learne to loue the swearde, and to geue a strype.
Herewith cõsider this also, if beyng an infant he lerne smaller thinges, he shalt lerne greter, growynge vpwardes in those yeres, in which those smaller shuld haue ben lerned.
For when the playes them selues passe the capacitie of chyldren, how shal they lerne the letters by them?
Also how lytle soeuer it be that the former age doth bringe, yet shal the chylde lernegreater thynges, euen in the same yeres, when smaller shuld haue ben lerned, if he had not lerned them before.
Albeit in my iudgemente there is scante anye discipline, but that the wyt of man is apt to lerne it, if we continue in preceptes and exercise.
Philippus wyselye learned hys sonne Alexander to shewe hym selfe glad to lerneof Aristotle: and to learne philosophy perfectlye of him to the entẽt he shuld not do that he shuld repent hym of.
Fabels and tales wyll the chylde lerne so muche the more gladly, and remember the better, if he maye see before his eyes the argumentes properly paynted, and what soeuer is tolde in the oracion be shewed him in a table.
I blame thẽ not, for it is better to lerne late then neuer, that thing which is necessary to be knowen.
By thys it shall come to passe, y^t both the child wil lerne more gladly, & he shal fele lesse tediousnes of his laboure.
Of what thynge regarde is fyrste to be had, a readines by & by is geuen to lerne it.
Therefore assone as the man chyld is borne, anone he is apte to lerne maners.
And swiche thinges as he nought ne can, he shal nat been ashamed to lerne hem and enquere of lasse folk than him-self.
The Fleming seith, and lerne it, if thee leste, That litel Iangling causeth muchel reste.
I can no more expounde in this matere; 1725 I lerne song, I can but smal grammere.
I am nat wont in no mirour to prye, But swinke sore and lerne multiplye.
And he hath lever talken with a page (20) Than to comune with any gentil wight Ther he mighte lerne gentillesse aright.
For al to sone may she lerne lore 70 Of boldnesse, whan she woxen is a wyf.
They han hir set, and bidde hir lerne sayle 440 Out of Surrye agaynward to Itayle.
And therfore seith the wyse man, 'if thou wolt venquisse thyn enemy, lerne to suffre.
H] I hope þat may hym here, Schal lerne of luf-talkyng.
Wherin they have advantage on way that they lerne the soner ther gramer.
Caxton thus recommends the book to the learner: Tres bonne doctrine Rygt good lernyng Pour aprendre For to lerne Briefment fransoys et engloys.
For nowe they lerne no Frenssh ne can none, whiche is hurte for them that shall passe the see," and thus children of the grammar schools know "no more French than knows their lefte heele.
Colophon: Here endeth a lytyll treatyse for to lerne Englysshe and Frensshe.
The opening passage is very much like that written by Caxton for his work: Here is a good boke to lerne to speke Frenshe.
With her she toke whelpis two, [2201] To lerneto row wold she go.
There fore thou shalt in to the see And that Bastard with-in the, To lerne you ffor to ride.
And over this a man mai lerne 2010 That ek fulofte time it grieveth, Whan that a man himself believeth, As thogh it scholde him wel beseme That he alle othre men can deme, And hath foryete his oghne vice.
Mi Sone, if that thou wistest al, What Cheste doth in special To love and to his welwillinge, Thou woldest flen his knowlechinge 600 And lerne to be debonaire.
My fader, if thei mihte spede Mi love, I wolde his bokes rede; And if thei techen to restreigne Mi love, it were an ydel peine To lerne a thing which mai noght be.
He hath a manere eke also, Him list noghtlerne to be wys, For he set of no vertu pris Bot as him liketh for the while; So fieleth he fulofte guile, 910 Whan that he weneth siker stonde.
Her fader and mod^r of sanct Austyne Fyrst put hym her to lerne doctryne 2.
Here in Agello to oon oulde man he wentt To lerne perfeccion is hys intent.
The graith thou me tell, Of what myddel-erde man Myght I best lerne 70 My Crede?
But woldest thou for Godes love Lerne me my Crede, 800 I shulde don for the wil, Whan I wele hadde.
Heroudes, who-so wole the stories seche, Ther may ye lerne and by ensample teche.
The night shalt thou contene so, Withoute rest, in peyne and wo; If ever thou knewe of love distresse, Thou shalt mowe lerne in that siknesse.
Than ende I thus, sith I may do no more, I yeve hit up for now and ever-more; For I shal never eft putten in balaunce My sekernes, ne lerne of love the lore.
What nede we sayle to Flaunders or Almayne To lerne glotony, syns we may it lerne at home Suche lewdnes soon may we lerne of our wombe He that wyll lerne falshode gyle or sotelte May lerne it here as well as beyonde the se.
Where he that attempteth grettest thynges, and hye: Great weyght of charges and moche dignite Must lerne to suffer payne thought and vexacion By his great charges of perturbacion.
Than shal the noughty doughter lerne of the bawdy dame.
No thynge they can, yet nought wyll they lerne nor se Therfore shall they gyde this one shyp of foles.
The Lytil Boke was printed from a later text, and with an interlinear French version, by Wynkyn de Worde in ‘Here begynneth a lytell treatyse for to lerne Englisshe and Frensshe.
But I thynk that the English ladyes and jentylwomen, and the pore also, can do as well as they, and lyst not to lerne of them no thyng; and therefor we drede lest ther hye corages shuld meve them to make yow warre also.
Les envoyes a lescole Sende them to the scole 36 Aprendre lire et escripre, To lerne rede and to write, quilz ne resambloient bestes.
Pour ce chescun loial xpristien Therfore euery true cristen man 20 Le doibt faire aprendere Ought for to do lerne A ses enfans et parens; To his children and frendes; [Footnote: [?
These things being concluded and presents exchanged, Lerne returned to Malacca, where he was well received by Albuquerque, who immediately communicated the result to the king of Portugal, who approved of all that had been done.
By this tale yonge men may lerne to beare them well and valyantly for drede of reproche.
By this tale ye may lerne to perceyue, that it is no wysedome for a man to be couetous of wynnynge of any wager to put in ieopardye a thynge, that maye turne him to greatter displeasure.
By this tale, seruauntes may lerne to kepe theyr maisters biddyng: but yet I aduise maysters therby to take hede, howe they make an iniunction.
By redynge of this tale, they that understand no Laten may lerne to knovve the xii articles of the fayth.
By this tale a man may lerne to beware howe he openly rebuketh any other, and in what audyence, lest it come to his owne reprofe.
By this tale men may se, that it is great foly to put one to scole to lerne any subtyll scyence, whiche hathe no naturall wytte.
By this tale ye may lerne a good generall rule of physyke.
By thys tale ye may lerne as well the properte of the iiii elementys as the properteis[39] of a woman.
By redyng thys tale ye may lerne to knowe the x commaundementes and the vii dedely synnes.
By this ye may se, that he that wyl lerne no good by examples in a maner to hym shewyd, is worthy to be taught wyth open rebuke.
By thys tale ye may lerne to knowe the effecte of the holy prayer of the Pater noster.
Lerne vom Schlimmsten Gutes, und Schlimmes nicht vom Besten=--Learn good from the worst, and not bad from the best.
Three nervous old ladies who lived near the Lerne gave notice to quit, and many declared that it was an indictable offence.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lerne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
