hornbook

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The editors include three evocative poems by Leah Bodine Drake, whose 1950 collection “A Hornbook for Witches ” is among the most sought-after titles published by specialty press Arkham House.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2017

The Buckeyes had four sacks last week including a game-sealing swarming of Alex Hornbook in overtime.

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2016

Not merely is the Heart a Hornbook, It is the Mind’s Bible, it is the Mind’s experience, it is the text from which the Mind or Intelligence sucks its identity.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

Dekker, in the Gull’s Hornbook of 1609, uses the word as an adjective, and denounces “Euphuised gentlewomen.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

Somewhat akin in nature is Death and Doctor Hornbook.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan