 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...pupil, Robert Burns, was then between w six and seven years of age; his preceptor, about " eighteen. Robert and his younger brother, " Gilbert, had been...and a " tolerable progress in writing. In reading, di" viding words into syllables by rule, spelling " without book, parsing sentences, &c. Robert " and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 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 rule, spelling without book, parsing sentences, 8cc. Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class, even when ranged with boys by... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 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...words into syllables by rule, spelling without book x parsing sentences, Sec. Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class, even when... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 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...put under my care. They both made a rapid progress ia reading, and a tolerable progress in writing. In reading, dividing words into syllables by rule,... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1820 - 484 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...reading, dividing words into syllables by rule, spelling with out book, parsing sentences, &c. Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 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 grounded a little in English before they wore put under my care. They both made a rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing.... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 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 grounded...In reading, dividing words into syllables by rule, »polling without book, parting sentences, fee., Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 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...grounded a little in English before they were put under ray care. They both made a rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progress in writing. In reading,... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...Burns, are of exceeding interest, and supply much that we could not have learned in any other way. " Robert and his younger brother, Gilbert, had been...by rule, spelling without book, parsing sentences, (cc., Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class, even when ranged with boys by... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...My pupil, Robert Burns, was then between fix and seven years of ape ; his preceptor about eighteen. Robert and his younger brother Gilbert, had been grounded...made a rapid progress in reading, and a tolerable progre«» in writing. In reading, dividing words into syllables by rule, spelling without book, parsing... | |
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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... 
