Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years. The British Essayists: Mirror - Page 177edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
| 1778 - 378 pages
...terrify one another. Were I a father, I fhould take a particular care t» preferve my children from thefe little horrors of imagination, which they are apt...contract when they are young", and are not able to fhake off when they are in years. I have known a foldier that has entered a breach, affrighted at his... | |
| 1781 - 364 pages
...apprehenfions, and has cautioned parents to be particularly careful to preferve their children from. thofe little horrors of imagination which they are apt to...contract when they are young, and are not able to fhake off when they grow up. He juftly obferves, that, next to a clear judgement and a good confcience,... | |
| 1789 - 508 pages
...I mould take a particular care to preferve my children from thefe little horrors and imaginations, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to make off when they are in years. I have known a foldier that has entered a breach, affrighted at his... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 244 pages
...apparitions, of spirits, and of witches. Mr. Addison, in an excellent paper in the Spectator, has shewn the folly of those apprehensions, and has cautioned...contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they grow up. He justly observes, that next to a clear judgment and a good conscience, a sound... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 260 pages
...apparitions, of spirits, and of witches. Mr. Addison, in an excellent paper in the Spectator, has shewn the folly of those apprehensions, and has cautioned...contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they grow up. He justly observes, that next to a clear judgment and a good conscience, a sound... | |
| 1803 - 354 pages
...of spirits, and of witches. Mr. Addison, in an excellent paper in the Spectator, has shewn the felly of those apprehensions, and has cautioned parents...contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they grow up. He justly observes, that next to a clear judgment and a good conscience, a sound... | |
| 1803 - 420 pages
...terrify one another. Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination which they are apt to...contract when they are young, and are not able to shake oft' when tlrey are in years. I have known a soldier that has entered a breach, affrighted at his own... | |
| 1803 - 434 pages
...terrify one another. Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from, these little horrors of imagination which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able toshake off when they are in years. I have known a soldier that has entered a breach, affrighted at... | |
| 1804 - 676 pages
...I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors and imaginations, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years. I have known a soldier that has entered a breach, affrighted at bis own... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...terrify one another. Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt...contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years. I have known a soldier that has entered a breach, affrighted at his own... | |
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