Every description of Greek and Latin vegetable was got off the dryest twigs of boys, under the frostiest circumstances.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
"The frostiest circumstances" is another of the thought-laden phrases, which was evidently intended to warn teachers against the mistake of trying to produce any intellectual fruit at untimely periods of the child's development.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes