 | Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 492 páginas
...libraries. "At seven," says the same neighbour, who was much in the house, " he visibly improved : at eight years of age he was so eager for books, that...early, until he went to bed, if they would let him." And the dreams of ambition were already commenced. A manufacturer promised to make the children a present... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 494 páginas
...libraries. "At seven," says the same neighbour, who was much in the house, " he visibly improved : at eight years of age he was so eager for books, that...early, until he went to bed. if they would let him." And the dreams of ambition were already commenced. A manufacturer promised to make the children a present... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 528 páginas
...who was much in the house, " he visibly improved : at eight years of age he was so eager for hooks, that he read from the moment he waked, which was early, until he went to bed, if they would let him." And the dreams of ambition were already commenced. A manufacturer promised to make the children a present... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 páginas
...of literary taste and ardor. " At eight years of age," says a neighbor who was much in the house, " he was so eager for books, that he read from the moment...early, until he went to bed, if they would let him." And the dreams of ambition were already commenced. A manufacturer promised to make the children a present... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 páginas
...of literary taste and ardor. "At eight years of age," says a neighbor who was much in the house, 1; he was so eager for books, that he read from the moment he waked, which was early, unlil he went to bed, if they would let him." And the dreams of ambition were already commenced. A... | |
 | 1870 - 878 páginas
...light of common day. "At seven he visibly improved, to her joy and surprise ; and at eight years of age was so eager for books that he read from the moment...early, until he went to bed, if they would let him." So early, it would appear, as this age, the child had appropriated to himself a lumber room in which,... | |
 | John Ross Dix - 1851 - 218 páginas
...the authority just quoted, that " at seven he visibly improved, to his mother's joy and surprise ; and at eight years of age he was so eager for books, that he read from the moment hewaked, whieh was early, until he went to hed, if they would let him." He now hegan to borrowi books... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1857 - 496 páginas
...libraries. "At seven," says the same neighbour, who was much in the house, " he visibly improved : at eight years of age he was so eager for books, that...which was early, until he went to bed, if they would lot him." 1 He was taught to read from an old black-letter Testament, or Bible. Perhaps the bent of... | |
 | John Francis Waller - 1857 - 228 páginas
...sudden transition into the highest type of genins. " At eight years of age he was so eager for hooks that he read from the moment he waked, which was early, until he went to hed, if they wonld let him." Ahont this time the thonght that he was destined to he great seized him... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1865 - 310 páginas
...pregnant circumstance. He quickly began to develop a taste for literature, and it is related that " at eight years of age he was so eager for books that...early, until he went to bed, if they would let him." A very important change in his training occurred on the 3rd August 1760, when he was admitted to Colston's... | |
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At seven," says the same neighbour, who was much in the house, " he visibly improved : at eight years of age he was so eager for books, that he read from the moment he waked, which was early, until he went to bed. if they would let him. 
