 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 530 pages
...she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...the matter was discovered, his mother sent orders by * This lady had much of her celebrated son's peculiar humour. She came to visit him afler he was settled... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Authors, Irish - 1885 - 322 pages
...she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...had learned to spell ; and by the time that he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible. " After his return to Ireland he was sent to... | |
 | Gerald Patrick Moriarty - Authors, Irish - 1893 - 402 pages
...she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...returned he had learned to spell, and by the time he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible." Mrs. Swift's income consisted only... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Criticism - 1894 - 404 pages
...she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...so careful of him, that before he returned he had learnt to spell ; and by the time that he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible.... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Authors, Irish - 1894 - 400 pages
...she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...so careful of him, that before he returned he had learnt to spell; and by the time that he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 502 pages
...she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...so careful of him, that before he returned he had learnt to spell; and by the time that he was three1 years old he could read any chapter in the Bible.... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - English literature - 1914 - 462 pages
...infant, stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when...returned he had learned to spell, and by the time he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible." Education. — Left to the care of... | |
 | Christopher Fox - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 306 pages
...Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three ['two' crossed out] years. For when the matter was discoverd, His Mother sent orders by all means not to hazard...could be better able to bear it. The Nurse was so carefull of him that before he returnd he had learnt to spell, and by the time that he was three year... | |
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... at the same time extremely fond of the infant, she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when the matter was discovered, his mother sent orders... 
