 A circumstance now occurs to my mind which I may as well mention. When my children were very young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered,...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 4751857Full view - About this book
 | Robert Aspland - 1857 - 802 pages
...their mother was then dead, I had sometimes to come in as arbitrator, and settle the dispute according to the best of my judgment. Generally, in the management...young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years u 2 of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Novelists, English - 1857 - 324 pages
...their mother was then dead, I had sometimes to come in as arbitrator, and settle the dispute according to the best of my judgment. Generally, in the management...young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was- about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking they knew more than I had yet discovered,... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Authors, English - 1857 - 376 pages
...their mother was then dead, I had sometimes to come in as arbitrator, and settle the dispute according to the best of my judgment. Generally, in the management...young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered,... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - English fiction - 1857 - 384 pages
...their mother was then dead, I had sometimes to come in as arbitrator, and settle the dispute according to the best of my judgment. Generally, in the management...mention. When my children were very young, when, as fax as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1857 - 614 pages
...in the management of their concerns I thought that I discovered signs of rising talent which I hud seldom or never before seen in any of their age. **'**...young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was ahout ten years of ago, and the youngest ahout four, thinking they knew more than I had yet discovered,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1857 - 984 pages
...unfrequently arise amongst them regarding the comparative merits of him, Bonaparte, Hannibal, and Caesar. * * I frequently thought that I discovered signs of rising...I had seldom or never before seen in any of their ngo A circumstance now occurs to my mind which I may as well mention. When my children were very young,... | |
 | 1857 - 948 pages
...the following passage from a letter of his, of which Mrs. G-askell has made use in the Life : — " ' When my children were very young, — when, as far as I can remember the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered,... | |
 | Christianity - 1857 - 538 pages
...asked Charlotte what was the best book in the world; she answered, 'The Bible.' And what was the '" When my children were very young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1857 - 850 pages
...was really necessary to their powers of expression. We extract from a letter of Mr. Bronte : — " When my children were very young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered,... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Authors, English - 1858 - 598 pages
...their mother was then dead, I had sometimes to come in as arbitrator, and settle the dispute according to the best of my judgment. Generally, in the management...When my children were very young, when, as far as I caii remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and tho youngest about four, thinking they knew... | |
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