Littell's Living Age, Volume 9Living Age Company Incorporated, 1846 |
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Page 275
... father was there to fix a certain limit to the rambling excursions of a boyish fancy , to check him with steady hand in the midst of his visionary wanderings , and bring him back to the direct paths of sober thought and serious study ...
... father was there to fix a certain limit to the rambling excursions of a boyish fancy , to check him with steady hand in the midst of his visionary wanderings , and bring him back to the direct paths of sober thought and serious study ...
Page 289
... father's reply . " Geometry , my child , is the science which considers the extent of bodies ; that is to say , their three dimensions - length , breadth , and depth ; it teaches how to form figures in a just , precise manner , and to ...
... father's reply . " Geometry , my child , is the science which considers the extent of bodies ; that is to say , their three dimensions - length , breadth , and depth ; it teaches how to form figures in a just , precise manner , and to ...
Page 361
... father , or the embraces and kisses of a mother . Me no one pressed to his bosom ; my tears were dried by no loving hand ; and every reproach , which to other children is sweetened by the consciousness of their bitterness . Now first ...
... father , or the embraces and kisses of a mother . Me no one pressed to his bosom ; my tears were dried by no loving hand ; and every reproach , which to other children is sweetened by the consciousness of their bitterness . Now first ...
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