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" 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 177
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The Spectator: ...

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...
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The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Pub. at Edinburgh in the Years ..., Volume 3

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,...
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The Spectator. ...

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...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 37

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...
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The British Essayists: The Lounger

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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 32

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...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

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...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

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...
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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...
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The British Essayists, Volume 6

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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