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«Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.»
Author: A. S. W. Rosenbach
| Keywords:
Alice, Alice in, Alice in Wonderland, contents, devouring, edition, editions, favorites, first edition, literally, nursery, scarcities, scarcity, The Nursery, wonderland
«In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace»
Author: Henry Thomas Buckle
| About:
Nations,
Politics
| Keywords:
declaration, hung, nurseries, nursery, palace, porch, porches, royal, The Americans, The Nursery
«The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the horror of the home, the curse of the kids and a threat to the future.»
Author: John Mason Brown
(Critic)
| About:
Books
| Keywords:
bane, bassinet, comic, comic book, comic books, marijuana, nurseries, nursery, The Comic, The Nursery
«Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past.»
«As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting / the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.»
Author: Saul Bellow
(Novelist)
| Keywords:
called upon, crypt, Drew, humanities, Left Behind, motivated, nurseries, nursery, obscurely, The Nursery, The Turning Point, turning point, types, wallpaper, worthless
«If my guests do not like it here, I suggest they accompany you to the nursery... where I am sure you will all feel more at home.»
Author: Bette Davis
| Keywords:
accompany, guests, like it, nurseries, nursery, suggest, The Nursery
«Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
commence, commences, ensure, ensures, implicit, implicit in, nurseries, nursery, paternal, The Nursery
«Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
nurseries, nursery, saved, The Nursery
«The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.»
«Habit is the nursery of errors.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Habit
| Keywords:
nurseries, nursery, The Nursery
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