Pupils

Examples

• His work with his deaf and dumb pupils was all in the line of making sound vibrations visible to the eye. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The fever broke out there, and many of the pupils died. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• If they do not operate, the blame is put not on the subject as taught, but on the indifference and recalcitrancy of pupils. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• These latter pupils were not the only young men of promise whose vulgar faith and patriotism Socrates destroyed, to leave nothing in its place. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is argued that pupils must know how to use tools before they attack actual making,--assuming that pupils cannot learn how in the process of making. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But the pupils were not so well educated as the master. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Raphael, Angelo, Canova--giants like these gave birth to the designs, and their own pupils carved them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Pupils begin their study of science with texts in which the subject is organized into topics according to the order of the specialist. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Bell himself was too poor to be able to go to Philadelphia, and intended to stay in Boston, and try to find new deaf-mute pupils. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This distrust of the teacher's experience is then reflected in lack of confidence in the responses of pupils. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;' I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet--praise of their pupils' progress. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• With a half glance around him at his pupils, Bradley returned: 'Do you suppose he is here? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If all the pupils are little ragamuffins, I'm afraid your crop won't be profitable in a worldly sense, Mrs. Bhaer. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Come to my little bit of breakfast before I go my ways among the pupils that I teach. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Everything must go through this course; consequently there is a perfectly uniform method in instruction in all subjects for all pupils of all ages. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Of course I shall have rich pupils, also--perhaps begin with such altogether. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He then led me to the frame, about the sides, whereof all his pupils stood in ranks. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• At Benares Gautama sought out his five pupils, who were still leading the ascetic life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The old crowd was there, Carlyon in his corner with his pupils and his girl, Halliday and Libidnikov and the Pussum--they were all there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The pupils learn a science instead of learning the scientific way of treating the familiar material of ordinary experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• What with schools, and classes here, and private pupils, AND the apprentices, he really has too much to do, poor fellow! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Horrocks served myself and my pupils with three little glasses of wine, and a bumper was poured out for my lady. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And though other pupils had taken more than his place as to time, no one was like his first scholar in Mr. Hale's heart. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Her eyes were bright, their pupils dilated, her cheeks seemed rosier, and fuller than usual. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• For this reason, many schools employ a physician who examines the pupils' eyes at regular intervals. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Then other instruments and rooms of the observatory are pictured; Tycho's stud ents, of whom there were always at least six or eight, not to mention younger pupils. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• However, the intense darkness dilated the pupils of our eyes so as to make them very sensitive, and we could just see at times the outlines of the road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I was at the mathematical school, where the master taught his pupils after a method scarce imaginable to us in Europe. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Pupils at an early age are practically acquainted with these things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

Edited by Lenore