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Page 34
Somewhat more than an hour had passed in the manner above described , when
the commencement of the amusements proposed for the evening were
announced . I had been previously informed , that a tragedy was to he presented
in the ...
Somewhat more than an hour had passed in the manner above described , when
the commencement of the amusements proposed for the evening were
announced . I had been previously informed , that a tragedy was to he presented
in the ...
Page 41
And although , as soon as the amusement of this classical evening was
concluded , my parents took me between them , and brought me back to our
apartments in the town , yet I thought of little else till I went to bed but the new
acquaintances I ...
And although , as soon as the amusement of this classical evening was
concluded , my parents took me between them , and brought me back to our
apartments in the town , yet I thought of little else till I went to bed but the new
acquaintances I ...
Page 77
Not so , ' replied Mr. Gisborne : “ he is fond of reading , and I have allowed him to
amuse himself with Robinson Crusoe , and other books which are calculated
equally for the instruction and amusement of children . But the Bible , I may say ...
Not so , ' replied Mr. Gisborne : “ he is fond of reading , and I have allowed him to
amuse himself with Robinson Crusoe , and other books which are calculated
equally for the instruction and amusement of children . But the Bible , I may say ...
Page 78
There are times , indeed , when children will feel a disinclination not only to
studies of every kind , but even to every kind of amusement . An idle child is as
wholly incapable of pursuing any play with energy , as of following up any kind of
study ...
There are times , indeed , when children will feel a disinclination not only to
studies of every kind , but even to every kind of amusement . An idle child is as
wholly incapable of pursuing any play with energy , as of following up any kind of
study ...
Page 109
to amuse her father when he came home after a fatiguing day , she used to make
some excuse , and slip away , either to her ... had not been disturbed for many
years ; and it now struck Anna that she might find some amusement among them
.
to amuse her father when he came home after a fatiguing day , she used to make
some excuse , and slip away , either to her ... had not been disturbed for many
years ; and it now struck Anna that she might find some amusement among them
.
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