"Hebrew alphabet" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... gave a very droll account of the children of Mr. Langton.(46) "Who," he said, "might be very good children if they were let alone; but the father is never easy when he is not making them do something which they cannot do; they must repeat a fable, or a speech, or the Hebrew alphabet; and they might as well count twenty, for what they know of the matter: however, the father says half, for he prompts every other word. But he could not have chosen a man who would have been less ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay |
