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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 62
1800
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 36

1799 - 484 pages
...think as he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. « He had reached his fifth (or fixth) year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; but had received no particular information with refpett to -the Author of his being ; becaufe I thought he could not yet underftand fuch intoimation...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 36

1799 - 486 pages
...he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. .„'? Ле had reached his fifth (or fixth) year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little; but had received no patticular information with reípeél to the Author ot his being ; btcauie I thought he could not yet...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1800 - 614 pages
...think ns he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. ' He had reached his filth or fixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little; but had received no particular information with refpeô to the author of his being : becaufe I thought he could not yet underlbnd fuch information...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 28

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 612 pages
...think as he did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. ' He had reached his fifth or fixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; but had received no particular information with refpeft to the author of his being : becaufe I thought he could not yet underftand fuch information...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 4

1801 - 618 pages
...principle of all religion, the being of a GOD." When he attained his fifth or sixth year, and had as yet received no particular information with respect to the Author of his being, his father recurred to an ingenious device for this purpose. In a corner of a Ijttle garden, without...
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Miscellanea Perthensis

Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 pages
...as a moral or logical experiment. " He had reached his fifth (or fixth) year, knew the al-- phabet, and could read a little ; but had received no particular information with refpect to the author of his being ; becaufe I thought he could not yet underftand fuch information...
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The Parents' Friend; Or Extracts from the Principal Works on ..., Volume 2

Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...would, in ." like circumstances, think as he did) but merely as a " moral and religious experiment. He had reached " his .fifth (or sixth) year, knew...learned, from my " own experience, that to be made tp repeat words " not understood is extremely detrimental to.the facul" .tjes of a young mind. In a...
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Public Characters

Great Britain - 1804 - 636 pages
...principle of all religion, the being of a GOD." When he attained his fifth or sixth year, and had as yet received no particular information with respect to the Author of his being, his father recurred to an ingenious device for. this purpose. In a corner of a little garden, without...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 1, Part 1

1805 - 506 pages
...than in the following instance of Dr. Beattie's son. The Doctor speaking of his son, thus observes, " He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...information with respect to the author of his being. In a corner of a little garden, without informing any person of the circumstance, I wrote in the mould...
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Biographia Scotica: Or Scottish Biographical Dictionary; Containing a Short ...

John Stark - Biography - 1805 - 488 pages
...ingenious young man, the following fact, related by his father, is too remarkable to pass unnoticed : " He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...particular information with respect to the Author of his bcin^ ; because I thought he could not yet understand such information ; and because I had learned...
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