“ Children always lose strength when they grow fast. ”
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). copy citation
| Author | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
|---|---|
| Source | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Topic | strength |
| Date | 1852 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/203/203-h/203-h.htm |
Context
“but he threw back her suggestions with a restless petulance, unlike his usual careless good-humor.
"Don't be croaking, Cousin,—I hate it!" he would say; "don't you see that the child is only growing. Children always lose strength when they grow fast."
"But she has that cough!"
"O! nonsense of that cough!—it is not anything. She has taken a little cold, perhaps."
"Well, that was just the way Eliza Jane was taken, and Ellen and Maria Sanders."”
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