 ... the author has not always thought it necessary to write downward, in order to meet the comprehension of children. He has generally suffered the theme to soar, whenever such was its tendency, and when he himself was buoyant enough to follow without...  Catholic Reading Circle Review - Page 1791897Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1869 - 278 pages
...weather, and one of the most agreeable, of a literary kind, which he ever undertook, — the author has not always thought it necessary to write downward,...meet the comprehension of children. He has generally Buffered the theme to soar, whenever such was its tendency, and when he himself was buoyant enough... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1876 - 536 pages
...weather, and one of the most agreeable, of a literary kind, which he ever undertook, — the author has not always thought it necessary to write downward,...meet the comprehension of children. He has generally puffered the theme to soar, whenever such was its tendency, and when he himself was buoyant enough... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1882 - 468 pages
...hot weather, and one of the most agreeable, of a literary kind, which he ever undertook— the author has not always thought it necessary to write downward...comprehension of children. He has generally suffered ;he theme to soar, whenever such was its tendency, and when he himself was buoyant enough to follow... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 200 pages
...weather, and one of the most agreeable, of a literary kind, which he ever undertook, — the author has not always thought it necessary to write downward,...sensibility to whatever is deep or high, in imagination or f eeling, so long as it is simple, likewise. It is only the artificial and the complex that bewilder... | |
 | 1910 - 392 pages
...children "for knowing more, for seeing through other people's experiences, real or imaginary." The children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever...in imagination or feeling, so long as it is simple, too. Children of all races have always craved for stories. No matter about what, nor about the possibilities... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1892 - 426 pages
...the writers whose works are reviewed below. "In performing this pleasant task," he wrote, "the author has not always thought it necessary to write downward,...enough to follow without an effort. Children possess an nnestimated sensibility to whatever is deep or high, in imagination or feeling, so long as it is simple... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - 1893 - 100 pages
...with its own garniture of manners and sentiment and to imbue with its own morality. * * * The author has not always thought it necessary to write downward...the theme to soar, whenever such was its tendency. Children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever is deep or high in imagination or feeling so... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - 1893 - 102 pages
...garniture of manners and sentiment and to imbue with its own morality. * » * The author has not alwuys thought it necessary to write downward in order to...the theme to soar, whenever such was its tendency. Children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever is deep or high in imagination or feeling so... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 496 pages
...artificial or complex," is an accomplishment that few have acquired. It was Hawthorne's belief that " children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever...imagination or feeling, so long as it is simple likewise." His selection of the old Grecian myths, as material for child lore, was a bold and characteristic one.... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 508 pages
...artificial or complex," is an accomplishment that few have acquired. It was Hawthorne's belief that " children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever...imagination or feeling, so long as it is simple likewise." His selection of the old Grecian myths, as material for child lore, was a bold and characteristic one.... | |
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