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The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of ... - Page 191
by William Brocklehurst Stonehouse - 1839 - 463 pages
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Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as ...

Robert Haven Schauffler - 1915 - 390 pages
...At seven o'clock, immediately after supper they were prepared for bed; and at eight they were left in their several rooms awake ; " for there was no such thing allowed in the house as sitting by a child until it went asleep." As soon " as they were grown pretty strong,"...
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"Mother" in Verse and Prose: A Book of Remembrance

Robert Haven Schauffler - 1916 - 400 pages
...At seven o'clock, immediately after supper they were prepared for bed; and at eight they were left in their several rooms awake ; " for there was no such thing allowed in the house as sitting by a child until it went asleep." As soon " as they were grown pretty strong,"...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 26

1918 - 568 pages
...supper; at seven the maid washed them, and beginning at the youngest, she undressed and got them all to bed by eight, at which time she left them in their...our house as sitting by a child till it fell asleep. In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will and bring...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 26

1918 - 542 pages
...supper; at seven the maid washed them, and beginning at the youngest, she undressed and got them all to bed by eight, at which time she left them in their...our house as sitting by a child till it fell asleep. In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will and bring...
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Two Views of Education: With Other Papers Chiefly on the Study of Literature

Lane Cooper - 1922 - 344 pages
...supper; at seven, the maid washed them, and, beginning at the youngest, she undressed and got them all to bed by eight ; at which time she left them in their...our house as sitting by a child till it fell asleep. . . . 'In order to form the minds of children, the first thing to be done is to conquer their will...
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The Protestant Temperament: Patterns of Child-Rearing, Religious Experience ...

Philip Greven - 1988 - 449 pages
...if it was known they did so, they were certainly beat, and the servants severely reprimanded. . . . They were so constantly used to eat and drink what was given them, that when any of them was ill there was no difficulty in making them take the most unpleasant medicine; for they durst not...
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Susanna Wesley: The Complete Writings

Susanna Wesley - 1997 - 529 pages
...supper; at seven the maid washed them; and, beginning at the youngest, she undressed and got them all to bed by eight; at which time she left them in their...our house as sitting by a child till it fell asleep. it up. This I mention to show that a person may be taught to take anything, though it be never so much...
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John Wesley: An Autobiographical Sketch of the Man and His ..., Volume 35

John Wesley - 1966 - 136 pages
...supper; at seven, the maid washed them; and, beginning at the youngest, she undressed and got them all to bed by eight; at which time she left them in their...and drink what was given them, that when any of them was ill, there was no difficulty in making them take the most unpleasant medicine: For they durst not...
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Containing forty-three sermons on various subjects

John Wesley - 1826 - 444 pages
...them all to bed by eight. Then she left them in thenseveral rooms awake : for we allowed no such thing as sitting by a child till it fell asleep. " They...and drink what was given them, that when any of them was ill, there was no difficulty in making them take the roost unpleasant medicine. This I mention,...
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