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" He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; but had received no particular information with respect to the Author of his being : because I thought he could not yet understand such information; and because I had... "
Essays on Professional Education - Page 86
by Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1812 - 541 pages
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The Prosaic Garland: Consisting of Upwards of Two-hundred Pieces Selected ...

John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...circumstances think as he did) but merely as a mural or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth or aixtli year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little,...received no particular information, with respect to the anthor of his being, becanse I thought he could not understand Mirh information, and because I had...
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The Evangelical Magazine

Missions - 1808 - 632 pages
...in the followiug instance of Dr. Seattle's son. The Doctor, speaking of his son, thus observes : — He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...information with respect to the Author of his being*. In a corner of a little garden, without iulorming any person of the circumstance, I wrote in the mould...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 3

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 740 pages
...great and firft principles of all religion, the being of GOD. — He had reached his 5th [or- 6th] year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little, but had received no particular information with refpeft to the author of his being ; becaufe I thought he could not yet understand fuch information...
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The Juvenile Plutarch: Containing Accounts of the Lives of ..., Volume 2

Biography - 1820 - 230 pages
...principle of all religion, the being of a God. When he attained his fifth ' or sixth year, and had as yet received no particular information with respect to the Author of his Being, his father recurred to an ingenious device for this purpose. In a corner of a little garden, without...
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The juvenile Plutarch, accounts of the lives of celebrated children ..., Part 2

1820 - 224 pages
...principle of all religion, the being of a God. When he attained his fifth or sixth year, and had as yet received no particular information with respect to the Author of his Being, his father recurred to an ingenious device for this purpose. In a corner of a little garden, without...
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The Christian Disciple and Theological Review, Volume 3

1822 - 502 pages
...children would in like circumstances think as he hid), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth [or sixth] year, knew the...learned from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood is extremely detrimental to the faculties of a young mind. In a corner...
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The Christian Disciple, Volume 3

Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 492 pages
...children would in like circumstances think as he hid), hut merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth [or sixth] year, knew the...information with respect to the Author of his being: because 1 thought he could not yet understand such information; and because I had learned from my own experience,...
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The London Magazine, Volume 5

1822 - 734 pages
...children would, in like circumstances, think as he did), bnt merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little; lut had received no particular information •with respect to the Author of his being : because I thought...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...deity, will no doubt be acceptable to the reader. •• He had readied his fifth or sixth year, knev the alphabet, and could read a little, but had received...not yet understand such information, and because I liad learned, from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood, i* extremely...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...knew the alphabot, and ead a little ; but had, received 110 particular Information with respect to the come safely habitable agam,-he returned thither; and when, ÍDiou, and because I hud learned from ray own experience, that to be made to words not understood,...
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