...contemplate the initiation of children in'o the wayx of life when they tire scarcely inoro than inli nt-. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven given them, and demands that they ehare our sorrows before they are capabk of entering into our enjoyments....

...as careful as she. "It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, "it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity—two of the best qualities that Heaven gives them —and demands that they share our sorrows...

...as careful as she. "It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, "it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." "It will never check hers," said the old man, looking steadily at me, "the springs are too deep. Besides,...

...stationhouse, and the pawnbroker's, and they will understand you. — Sketches by Boz: Scenes, ch. xxv. It always grieves me, to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments. — Old Curiosity Shop, ch. i. ...

...never allowed to be what she is, simply a child. Master Humphrey comments on this to her grandfather: 'It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity . . . and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.'...

...with an old man. He gives the keynote to this fundamental thought of the book in the opening chapter: It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicitytwo of the best qualities that Heaven gives them — and demands that they share our sorrows...

...that produce such precocity ("It always grieves me," he has Master Humphrey say in the same chapter, "to contemplate the initiation of children into the...life, when they are scarcely more than infants"), it is also true that we are invited to find such precocity charming, though Dickens shows signs of being...

...another time . . ." (Curiosity Shop, 47). He states the case clearly and emphatically when he says, " 'It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments' " (Curiosity Shop, 48). He pays a few follow-up visits; he worries about her "Alone! In that gloomy...

...as careful as she. 'It always grieves me,' I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness: 'it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.' 'It will never check hers,' said the old man looking steadily at me, 'the springs are too deep. Besides,...

...careful as she. " It always grieves me," I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness : " it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation...they are capable of entering into our enjoyments." " It will never check hers," said the old man, looking steadily at me, " the springs are too deep....