 | 1822 - 496 ページ
...they were children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit...lived in a great house in Norfolk '(a hundred times higger than that in which they and Papa lived) which had been the scene — so at least it was generally... | |
 | 1822 - 734 ページ
...they were children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit that my little ones crept about me the VOL. V. 22 CJan. country — of the tragic incidents which dancer, I was saying, in the county, they... | |
 | 1835 - 430 ページ
...they were children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit...lived in a great house in Norfolk (a hundred times higger than that in which they and papa lived) which had been the scene — so at least it was generally... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 ページ
...they were children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit...little ones crept about me the other evening to hear a bouttheir great-grandmother Field, who lived in a great house in Norfolk (a hundred times bigger... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - 1844 - 356 ページ
...when they were children; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit...great-grandmother Field, who lived in a great house in 11 * Norfolk (a hundred times bigger than that in which they and papa lived), which had been the scene—so,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 ページ
...children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandamc, 5 groat house in Norfolk (a hundred times bigger than that in which they and papa lived), which had been... | |
 | 1853 - 346 ページ
...when they were children; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit...great-grandmother Field, who lived in a great house in 11 » Norfolk (a hundred times bigger than that in which they and papa lived), which had been the scene... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 ページ
...children ; to stretch their imaginations to the conception of a traditionary great uncle or grandam whom they never saw. It was in this spirit that my...was generally believed in that part of the country — K)f the tragic incidents which they had lately become familiar 'with from the ballad of the Children... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 684 ページ
...tlieir imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never §aw. It was in this spirit that my little ones crept about...that in which they and papa lived) which had been the scene—so at least it was generally believed in that part of the country—of the tragic incidents... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 ページ
...they were children ; to stretch their imagination to, the conception of a traditionary great-uncle, or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit...their great-grandmother Field, who lived in a great honse in Norfolk (a hundred times bigger than that in which they and papa lived) which had been tho... | |
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CHILDREN love to listen to stories about their elders, when they were children ; to stretch their imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle or grandame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit that my little ones crept about me the... 
