 I deemed that if they were put under a sort of cover I might gain my end ; and happening to have a mask in the house, I told them all to stand and speak boldly from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 4751857Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 842 pages
...asked what should be done with her brother Branwell, if he should be naughty, instantly replied, " Reason with him, and when he won't listen to reason whip him." And as another indication of the quick ripening of faculties in this remarkable family, it may be mentioned... | |
 | 1857 - 542 pages
...from under cover of the mask. ' " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered,...of knowing the difference between the intellects of man and woman ; he answered, ' By considering the difference between them as to their bodies.' I then... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1857 - 384 pages
...from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered,...Branwell, who was sometimes a naughty boy ; she answered, ' Eeason with him, and when he won't listen to reason, whip him.' I asked Branwell what was the best... | |
 | 1857 - 984 pages
...boldly from under cover of the mask. I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered,...afterwards Ellis Bell), what I had best do with her brotlior Bran well, who was sometimes a naughty boy ; she answered, ' Reason with him, and when he... | |
 | 1857 - 850 pages
...from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered,...next (Emily, afterwards Ellis Bell), what I had best uo with her brother Branwell, who was sometimes a naughty boy ; she answered, ' Reason with him, and... | |
 | 1857 - 592 pages
...under its cover." "I began with the youngest, (Anne, afterwards Acton Bel!,) and asked her what she most wanted ; she answered : ' Age and experience.'...afterwards Ellis Bell,) what I had best do with her brother BranwcU, who was sometimes a naughty boy ; she answered : ' Reason with him, and when he won't listen... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1857 - 614 pages
...(afterwords Ellis Bell,) what I had best do with her Brother Barnwell, who was sometimes a naughty hoy? She answered, " reason with him, and when he won't listen to reason, whip him." 1 asked Barnwell what was the best mode of knowing the difference between the intellects of men and... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1857 - 318 pages
...from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered, ' Age and experience.' Tasked the next (Emily, afterwards Ellis Bell), what I had best do with her brother Branwell, who was... | |
 | 1857 - 1106 pages
...from under cover of the mask. ' " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered, ' Age and experience.' t asked the next (Emily, aftenvards Ellis Bell), what I had best do with her brother Brnn well, who... | |
 | 1858 - 754 pages
...the mask. I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell, about four years old), and asked what a child like her most wanted; she answered, '...of knowing the difference between the intellects of man and woman; he answered, ' By considering the difference between them as to their bodies.' I then... | |
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