 If we had even been able to learn anything thoroughly, and had had the liberty to put forth our powers, as young men have, I would not complain. Is it not extraordinary, Alma, that people always ask boys what they would like to be, what they have a fancy...  Hertha - Page 74by Fredrika Bremer - 1856 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1856 - 462 pages
...are kept as children under our father and guardian, because he chooses to consider us as such, and to treat us as such. We are prohibited every action,...if I might but have studied as young men study at the universities, have had freedom, and by my own efforts have made my own way. The arts, the sciences,... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1869 - 320 pages
...what they have a fancy or a taste for, and then give them the opportunity to learn, and to develop themselves according to the best of their minds ;...a profession or way of life. Ah, I would so gladly havo lived upon bread and water, and been superlatively happy, if I might but have studied as young... | |
 | Susan G. Bell, Karen M. Offen - 1983 - 588 pages
...be, what they have a fancy or taste for, and then give them the opportunity to learn, and to develop themselves according to the best of their minds, but...would so gladly have lived upon bread and water, and have been superlatively happy, if I might but have studied as young men study at universities, and... | |
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