“I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of Mrs. Punch and some restraint held over a temper, naturally violent, by Mr. Punch, a great deal of this sad misunderstanding might have been prevented.” LittlesHas BeensMightDealsTroubleViolentInternalsAffectedTemperRestraintMisunderstandingMight Have BeenTact Book:Father and Son Source: Father and Son
“Never, in all my early childhood, did anyone address to me the affecting preamble: 'Once upon a time!' ... I can but think that my parents were in error thus to exclude the imaginary from my outlook upon facts. They desired to make me truthful; the tendency was to make me positive and sceptical. Had they wrapped me in the soft folds of supernatural fancy, my mind might have been longer content to follow their traditions in an unquestioning spirit.” ThinkingMindHas BeensI CanFactsMightSpiritParentChildhoodTraditionErrorsTendenciesFancyAddressesTruthfulImaginaryOutlookMight Have BeenFoldsFairytaleOnce Upon A TimeEarly ChildhoodPreamble Author:Edmund Gosse
