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Dit is weer eens ons indruk dat wat hier aan die RAU gebeur, 'n rigting-wyser is van hoe daar met die ingewikkelde kwessie omgegaan kan word.
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And if the wyser masters go aboute thys thynge, so to vse their seruauntes, that thei shuld serue them well and gently, and in stede of seruantes had rather haue them fre men, how shameful is it bi bryngyng vp, to make seruantes of those that be gentle and free by nature?
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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But howe muche wyser were it, if the parents wolde get lernyng for thys entent, that they them selues myght teach theyr owne chyldren.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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'n paar voorbeelde noem, omdat all Suid-Afrikaners ryker en wyser uit u geskiedenis kan wordt die eerste kleuterskool en Onderwyskollege.
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Verely those masters bicause they wold not be thought to teach folish thinges, darckened grammer wyth difficulties of Logike and Metaphisike: euen for this verelye, that afterwardes they shold returne backwardelye to learne grammer, whã they were olde, which we see happeneth nowe to some diuines that be wyser, that after so manye hye degrees and all their titles, wherby they maye be ignoraunte in nothing, they be faine to come againe to those bookes, which are wonte to be reade vnto children.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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"Ye needna bather your heids ahoot a cab," says I. "I'm wyser than the twa o 'ye puttin' thegither; so keep on your dickies.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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