...activity. . . . Sensibility, imagination, vanity, sloth, and feelings of deep and bitter contempt for all who traversed the orbit of my understanding, were even then prominent and manifest." What the child began to be from three to six, he continued to be from six to nine. In this last year...

...I may truly say, a memory and understanding forced into almost unnatural ripeness, I was flattered and wondered at by all the old women. And so I became...understanding, were even then prominent and manifest. From October 1778 to 1779. That which I began to be from three to six, I continued to be from six to...

...understanding forced into almost unnatural ripeness, I was flattered and wondered at by all the old women Before I was eight years old I was a character. Sensibility,...understanding, were even then prominent and manifest.' — Bioy. Lit. (Supplement), vol. ii. p. 320. These were unhealthy symptoms, though the picture may...