 | 1852 - 1228 pages
...of the sun, she was kept, many hours in the evening, at recitation. Premature development of brain made her a "youthful prodigy" by day, and by night...spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism." Commencing Latin at the age of six, she read it daily for some years; her reading embraced Virgil,... | |
 | Education - 1854 - 862 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated. The consequence was a premature development of the brai«, that made me a youthful prodigy by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the harmonioui development of my bodily powers, and chocked my growth ;... | |
 | Art - 1854 - 870 pages
...and on subjects beyond my age The consequence was a premature development of the brain, that made me a ' youthful prodigy ' by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, aifd somnambulism, which at the time prevented the harmonious development of my bodily powers and checked... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated. The consequence was, a premature development of the brain, that made me a " youthful prodigy" by day, and by night a victim...of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the harmonious development of my bodily powers, and checked my growth ;... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated; the consequence was, a premature development of the brain, which made me a youthful prodigy by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the development of my bodily powers and checked my growth, while later... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 616 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated ; the consequence was, a premature development of the brain, which made me a youthful prodigy by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the development of my bodily powers and checked my growth, while later... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 614 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated ; the consequence was, a premature development of the brain, which made me a youthful prodigy by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the development of my bodily powers and checked my growth, while later... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 618 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated ; the consequence was, a premature development of the brain, which made me a youthful prodigy by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the development of my bodily powers and checked my growth, while later... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 984 pages
...вЪе states, made the mistake of thinking to "gaiatime by bringing forward the intellect as early as possible," the consequence being "a premature development...of brain that made her a youthful prodigy by day, tad by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and sijiaambulism." At six years she began... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 464 pages
...nerves unnaturally stimulated. The conseqence was a premature development of the brain that made me a ' youthful prodigy' by day, and by night a victim...of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the harmonious development of my bodily powers and checked my growth, while... | |
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The consequence was a premature development of the brain, that made me a "youthful prodigy" by day, and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmare, and somnambulism, which at the time prevented the harmonious development of my bodily powers and... 
