Little princes, anecdotes of illustrious children of all ages and countries1843 |
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... Grandfather .. DOCILITY ... Louis - Philippe , King of the French .. The Dauphin , Son of Louis the Sixteenth . Youth of Alcibiades . SELF - CONTROL ..... Charles the Twelfth of Sweden ...... Prince Henry , Son of Henry the Fourth . Sir ...
... Grandfather .. DOCILITY ... Louis - Philippe , King of the French .. The Dauphin , Son of Louis the Sixteenth . Youth of Alcibiades . SELF - CONTROL ..... Charles the Twelfth of Sweden ...... Prince Henry , Son of Henry the Fourth . Sir ...
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... grandfather , would not have him brought up with the delicacy usually practised with children of high rank , knowing that in a soft and tender body , there generally lodges a weak and timid soul . He would not allow him to be richly ...
... grandfather , would not have him brought up with the delicacy usually practised with children of high rank , knowing that in a soft and tender body , there generally lodges a weak and timid soul . He would not allow him to be richly ...
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Eliza Slater. By these means , his good grandfather accustomed him to fatigue , and rendered his body strong and ro- bust , qualities which were no doubt necessary to a prince , who had to suffer much in reconquering his dominions ...
Eliza Slater. By these means , his good grandfather accustomed him to fatigue , and rendered his body strong and ro- bust , qualities which were no doubt necessary to a prince , who had to suffer much in reconquering his dominions ...
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... GRANDFATHER . CYR YRUS , when about twelve years old , went with his mother Mandane , on a visit to his grandfather , the King of the Medes . Astyages being at table with his daughter , and with Cyrus , and being desirous to treat the ...
... GRANDFATHER . CYR YRUS , when about twelve years old , went with his mother Mandane , on a visit to his grandfather , the King of the Medes . Astyages being at table with his daughter , and with Cyrus , and being desirous to treat the ...
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... grandfather well : This for you , because you honour my mother " and thus he did till he had distributed all he had ... grandfather , that you favour this Sacian so much ? " Astyages replied in a jesting way , " Do you not see how ...
... grandfather well : This for you , because you honour my mother " and thus he did till he had distributed all he had ... grandfather , that you favour this Sacian so much ? " Astyages replied in a jesting way , " Do you not see how ...
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abbé admiration afterwards Alexander amusement anecdote answered arms asked Astyages beautiful bien Boufflers brother Cato CATO THE YOUNGER Charles Chevalier child childhood courage court Croesus Cyrus daughter Dauphin desired Duke de Chartres Duke of Burgundy duty early age Edward eldest Emperor Empress father French friends gave Genlis George the Third give grandfather GRANDSON OF LOUIS Gustavus hands happiness Henry the Fourth honour horse illustrious children JAMES justice King of Sweden kiss lady Latin learned letter little prince Lord LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH LOUIS-PHILIPPE Majesty Majesty's Maman Mamma Maria Theresa Marie Antoinette mind mother never noble papa persons pleasure poor preceptor present Prince of Wales prisoners Pulcheria Queen rank received replied Royal Highness Sacian saying SHAKSPEARE shewed SIR PHILIP SYDNEY soldier soon tell thing Thou tion told took Twelfth of Sweden virtue words young king young prince youth
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Side 184 - I will report no other wonder but this, that though I lived with him, and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man ; with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity as carried grace and reverence above greater years. His talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind.
Side 183 - After salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such pastime in the park...
Side 57 - Mark Child what I say, They will cut off My Head, and perhaps make thee a King: But mark what I say, You must not be a King, so long as your Brothers, Charles and James, do live; For they will cut off your Brothers' Heads (when they can catch them) and cut off thy Head too at the last: and therefore I charge you, do not be made a King by them.
Side 96 - Margaret, flying with her son into a forest, where she endeavoured to conceal herself, was beset, during the darkness of the night, by robbers, who, either ignorant or regardless of her quality, despoiled her of her rings and jewels, and treated her with the utmost indignity.
Side 183 - I wis, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Side 71 - Vienne, imparts a right to be the first in giving my life for your sakes. I give it freely; I give it cheerfully. Who comes next ?" —" Your son," exclaimed a youth not yet come to maturity.—" Ah ! my child !
Side 11 - God with his hands unjoined; and a little after, whilst in great agony, whether he should not offend God by using his holy name so often calling for ease. What shall I say of his frequent pathetical ejaculations uttered of himself: "Sweet Jesus save me, deliver me, pardon my sins, let thine angels receive me...
Side 9 - Strange was his apt and ingenious application of fables and morals, for he had read .Esop ; he had a wonderful disposition to mathematics, having by heart divers propositions of Euclid that were read to him in play, and he would make lines and demonstrate them.
Side 192 - I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he gave me wonderfully. One of his observations was, ' How strange it is that Adam, just new come into the world, should know everything — that must be the poet's fancy,
Side 10 - John, bear with his impertinences, and say he was but a child. If he heard of, or saw, any new thing, he was unquiet till he was told how it was made: he brought to us all such difficulties, as he found in books, to be expounded. He had learned, by heart, divers sentences in Latin and Greek, which, on occasion, he would produce even to wonder.