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WHAT SHALIi THE CHILDREN BEAD ? 23
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heathen evil honour come , or revenge of It dut lies . y , Not or in of the from Chris numerous these tian , forg and publications iveness sucli as in these best , does termed the
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unlike those which surround her in her quiet - room most life undesirable , besides to being be laid frequentl before y either the opening false in faculties colouring of , or a
tales literature simp And le were child herein of what . the lies former we call the and natural great of the difference that present isthe between generation actors the moved . juvenil The and old e
they Addressing spoke kep as t we the themselves should fancy awake expect to the without them imag , to engendering ination do under , , and the that so circumstances to excitement the heart . , art of what is
which expects to find in real life the counterpso that brillian One love of tly the of pourtrayed excitement prevailin in g faults books which . of makes children them at the indifferent present to day the is
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g enoug , may le enjoy spend those their gaieties time in she which invariabl she y im prefers agines dancing grown-up to
peop blind-man's-buffand often ; looks in the glass to see whether she has the '" deep , blue , " or " flashing dark , " or the " sparkling heroines of "
her acquaintance eyes , books or the , turning a with wavy away the golden disappointed , perhaps hair , " , like ascribed exclamation a young to friend , " Oh of , how our
now ug A ly - gain a I -days am , we ! . " , often They hear know the everything complaint that that their there are dis parents concerted no children know ,
have never and can "been surprised tai left k upon out ; the of all organs their subjects composition of ; wonder they are . and seldom There admiration elettes are no which children seem — to daysNobecause the tales or novthey
now devour -a- with . such ; avidity give them , full information upon
What Shalii The Children Bead ? 23
WHAT SHALIi THE CHILDREN BEAD ? 23
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/23/
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