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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; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 70
by British essayists - 1802
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Essays from Addison

Joseph Addison - 1907 - 142 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...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 shadow ; and...
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Sir Roger de Coverley and the Spectator's Club

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1908 - 208 pages
...terrify one another. Were I a father, I should take a particulai care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt...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 shadow, and look...
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Essays of Joseph Addison, Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 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...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 shadow, and look...
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Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook 1700-1820

Emma Clery, Robert Miles - 2000 - 322 pages
...Were I a Father, I should take a particular Care to preserve my Children from these little Horrours of Imagination, which they are apt to contract when...are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in Years. I have known a Soldier that has enter'da Breach, affrighted at his own Shadow; and look...
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Popular Print Media, 1820-1900, Volume 3

Andrew King, John Plunkett - 2004 - 608 pages
...ghoststory on some young people, "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 unable to throw off when they are in years." How often does a father undertake to acquaint himself...
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