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c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 127. At mete, wel ytaught was she with alle.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, I. 294. He was … Nocht large of tong, weille taucht and debonayr.
1560. Bible (Geneva), Ecclus. xxxi. 19. How litle is sufficient for a man wel taught?
1594. Kyd, Cornelia, V. 52. Our warie wel-taught troopes.
1605. B. Jonson, Volpone, IV. v. When that well-taught dame Had her Qu: giuen her, to crie out a rape.
1645. Waller, Poems, 78, To Flavia, ii.
| The graces of a well-taught minde, | |
| In some of our own [ed. 1668, 136 own sex] wee finde. |
1711. Pope, Temp. Fame, 165. Wise Aurelius, in whose well-taught mind With boundless pow’r unbounded virtue join’d.
1854. Poultry Chron., II. 155. Some of the German birds are well-taught musicians.
absol. a. 1879. Geo. Eliot, Leaves fr. Note-bk., Ess. (1884), 361. The well-taught, an increasing number.
