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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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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...' had all the imagination of Rousseau, without his folly and extravagance.' 'He had,' says Beattie, of the field, Not Tweed, gliding gently through those,...does yield. The warblers arc beard in the grore, repeat words not understood, is extremely detrimental to the faculties of a young mind. In a corner...
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Parley's Magazine, Volume 5

Children's periodicals - 1837 - 400 pages
...some of you have already heard or read it. 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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English poets

Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 564 pages
...children would, in like circumstances, think as he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...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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Lives of English Poets: From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a ...

Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 436 pages
...children would, in like circumstances, think as he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...he could not yet understand such information; and beJAMES BEATTIE. 301 cause I had learned, from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not...
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Lives of English Poets: From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a ...

Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 462 pages
...children would, in lik'' circumstances, think as he did), but merely as a morv.: or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...respect to the Author of his being : because I thought b-' could not yet understand such information ; and because I had learned, from my own experience,...
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The Juvenile Companion and Fireside Reader: Consisting of Historical and ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1846 - 296 pages
...than in the following 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. [Surely, this was most culpable neglect in the parent.] In a corner of a little garden, without informing...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...' had all the imagination of Rousseau, without his folly and extravagance.' 'He had,' says Beattie, lowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your...let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer sulh information, and because I had learned, from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...had all the imagination of Rousseau, without his folly and extravaganee." " Ho had," says Beattie, " reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet,...information with respect to the Author of his being, liecause I thought he could not yet understand such information, and because I had learned, from my...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
..."had all the imagination of Rousseau, without his folly and extravagance." " He had," says Beattie, " reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet,...little ; but had received no particular information wilh respect to the Author of his being, because I thought he could not yet understand such information,...
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Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets: Chronologically Arranged ...

English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...extravagance.' 'He had,' says Beattie, 'reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the alphabet, and could reaii a little, but had received no particular information...thought he could not yet understand such information, aoid because I had learned, from my own experience, that (i> be made to repeat words not understood...
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