 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...My pupil, Robert Burns, was then between six and seven years of age ; hia preceptor about eighteen. Robert, and his younger brother, Gilbert, had been...the class, even when ranged with boys by far their senior?. The books most commonly used in the school were the Spelling Book, the JVew Testament, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...My pupil, Robert Burns, was then between six and seven years of age ; his preceptor, about eighteen. Robert, and his younger brother, Gilbert, had been...by far their seniors. The books most commonly used in the school were the Spelling-Book, the New Testament, the Bible, Mason's Collection of Prose and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1868 - 312 pages
...Robert Burns, was then between six and seven years of age: his preceptor about eighteen. Robert and Ills younger brother Gilbert had been grounded a little...sentences, &c. Robert and Gilbert were generally at rhe upper end of the class, even when ranged with boys by far their seniors. The books most commonly... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...ROEERT BURNS, was between six and seven years of age, his preceptor about eighteen. Robert and his brother, Gilbert, had been grounded a little in English...progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing, and were generally at the head of the class, when ranged with boys far their seniors. Robert's countenance... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...EGBEET BUENs, was between six and seven years of age, his preceptor about eighteen. Robert and his brother, Gilbert, had been grounded a little in English...progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing, and were generally at the head of the class, when ranged with boys far their seniors. Robert's countenance... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1888 - 250 pages
...My pupil, Robert Burns, was then between six and seven years of age ; his preceptor about eighteen. Robert, and his younger brother Gilbert, had been...by far their seniors. The books most commonly used in the school were, the Spelling Book, the New Testament, the Bible, Mason's Collection of Prose and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 520 pages
...My pupil, Robert Burns, was then between six and seven years of age ; his preceptor, about eighteen. Robert and his younger brother, Gilbert, had been...upper end of the class, even when ranged with boys far their seniors. The books most commonly nsed in the school were the Spelliny-Book, the New Testament,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1900 - 250 pages
...between six and seven years of age; his preceptor about eighteen," wrote Mr. Miirdock some years later. " Robert, and his younger brother Gilbert, had been...before they were put under my care. They both made rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing. In reading, dividing words into syllables... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1906 - 250 pages
...Reminiscences, edited by Norton, i., p. 5. tor about eighteen," wrote Mr. Murdock some years later. " Robert, and his younger brother Gilbert, had been...before they were put under my care. They both made rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing. In reading, dividing words into syllables... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...My pupil, Robert Burns, was then between six and seven years of age; his preceptor about eighteen. SCOTT, SIR WALTER, 1808, Marmion, Canto I., Introduction....he in no manner required, what is called, company phrasing sentences, &c., Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class, even when... | |
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Robert and his younger brother Gilbert had been grounded a little in English, before they were put under my care. They both made a rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing. In reading, dividing words into syllables by rule, spelling... 
