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" I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, "it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life, when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity — two of the best qualities... "
The Juvenile Court Record - Page 15
1908
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Dickens as an Educator

James Laughlin Hughes - Education - 1900 - 342 pages
...with an old man. He gives the keynote to this fundamental thought of the book in the opening chapter: It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." Little Nell had the sadness of a lonely childhood, though her grandfather lived with but the one aim...
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Dickens as an Educator

James Laughlin Hughes - Education - 1900 - 344 pages
...with an old man. He gives the keynote to this fundamental thought of the book in the opening chapter: It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...simplicity—- two of the best qualities that Heaven gives them—and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments."...
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Dickens as an Educator

James Laughlin Hughes - Education - 1900 - 356 pages
...checks their confidence and simplicity•—• two of the best qualities that Heaven gives them—and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." Little Nell had the sadness of a lonely childhood, though her grandfather lived with but the one aim...
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The Story of Little Nell

Charles Dickens - Antique dealers - 1901 - 380 pages
...careful as she. " It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, " it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." "It will never check hers," said the old man looking steadily at me, " the springs are too deep. Besides,...
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The old curiosity shop, illustr. by J. Jellicoe

Charles Dickens - 1905 - 524 pages
...careful as she. " It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness : " it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." " It will never check hers," said the old man, looking steadily at me, "the springs are too deep. Besides,...
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The Masterpieces and the History of Literature

1902 - 438 pages
...me,” I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, “it always grieves meto coutemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life,...they are scarcely more than infants, It checks their cosifid¿ and simplicity—two of the best qualities that Heaven gives them —and demands that they...
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The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis ..., Volume 9

Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1908 - 430 pages
...careful as she. "It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, ' ' it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." "It will never check hers," said the old man, looking steadily at me, "the springs are too deep. Besides,...
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The Old Curiosity Shop: and Master Humphrey's Clock

Charles Dickens - 1908 - 684 pages
...careful as she. "It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, " it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." " It will never check hers," said the old man looking steadily at me, " the springs are too deep. Besides,...
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The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens - England - 1908 - 682 pages
...as careful as she. "It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, "it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...Heaven gives them — and demands that they share our sorTOWS before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments. " "It will never cheek hers," said...
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The Life of Charles Dickens

Sir Frank Thomas Marzials - 1908 - 600 pages
...allowing a child to have a real childhood. " It always grieves me," he said, in speaking of Little Nell, " to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life, when they are scarcely more thau infants." Tom Pinch's sister taught "a premature little woman thirteen years old, who had arrived...
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