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It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up.
Charles Dickens1812–1870Bleak House (1853), Chapter VIIn context
Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo….
James Joyce1882–1941A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Chapter I (1 of 2)In context
Mother says as th’ two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way⁠—or always to have it. She doesn’t know which is th’ worst.
Frances Hodgson Burnett1849–1924The Secret Garden (1911), Chapter XVIIIIn context
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XXXVIIIn context
- Family
- God
Two is the beginning of the end.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIn context
- Age
Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIn context
- Comedy
‘I don’t want ever to be a man,’ he said with passion. ‘I want always to be a little boy and to have fun. So I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long long time among the fairies.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Youth
‘No. You see children know such a lot now, they soon don’t believe in fairies, and every time a child says, ‘I don’t believe in fairies,’ there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Faith
When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter XVIIIn context
- Laughter
Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and as it were to guide us.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book VI: The Russian Monk, Chapter IIIIn context
- Love
Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend,
More hideous when thou show’st thee in a child
Than the sea-monster!
William Shakespeare1564–1616King Lear (c. 1606), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by LearIn context
- Family
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust.
Jonathan Swift1667–1745A Modest Proposal (1729)In context
- Comedy
- Food
The Child is Father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
William Wordsworth1770–1850My Heart Leaps Up (1807)In context
- Age
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads
Clement Clarke Moore1779–1863A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823)In context
- Christmas
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,
That is known as the children’s hour.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Children’s Hour (1860)In context
- Time