The young child has shown an amazing precocity for playing the violin. From LearnThat.org.
Kuroda respects her and likes her, so her precocity is never a joke or freakish. From Wordnik.com. [Sexy Voice and Robo MMF: Touch Blue Sky] Reference
Herewith a compilation of great moments in precocity, endurance, and procrastination, organized instructively by age. From Wordnik.com. [Innocence and Experience] Reference
Its duration varies with the precocity of the embryo. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Fox, C. J., his precocity compared to Gallatin's, 32. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
His precocity was remarkable; his first dramatic essay. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The precocity of girls in these respects is noteworthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Mr. Guppy witnessed displays of precocity in this regard. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
It would be unjust to think of any abnormal religious precocity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Jesus of Nazareth] Reference
In 1951 four trees out of this lot, were outstanding in precocity. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
With the precocity of a frontier child, she half realized the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
The little girl's prettiness and precocity appealed to him strongly. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
Melvilles saw him and were much struck with his precocity in learning. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
The boy's precocity led the queen to call him her 'little Lord Keeper.'. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
Such a combination of precocity and versatility stands quite unparalleled. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
This unusual precocity is no indication of merit, as it tends to stunt the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
Is not the progressive evolution of the ages more sublime than spontaneous precocity?. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
The Primer Class according to the degree of its infant precocity was divided in three sections. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
And not to be outdone at their extraordinary precocity, I said quite gleefully, Ha! Name one U.S. From Wordnik.com. [My Most Humble Request] Reference
Many artists have been precocious, but without diligence their precocity would have come to nothing. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
From his very babyhood the son displayed almost incredible intellectual precocity and power of memory. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
At the age of eighteen so marvellous was his precocity that he was made a canon both of Linköping and of Skara. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
His precocity was extraordinary; at three years of age he was able to read, and in his thirteenth year he composed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It was a compliment paid to the precocity of his extraordinary mathematical talent, and the steadiness of his application. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 263, Supplementary Number (1827)] Reference
Among the young herdsmen and shepherdesses of the pastoral peoples of Europe and Asia, the same precocity of song prevails. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Mr. Hamilton-Wells had always enjoyed his children's precocity, and, provided they amused him, they could make him do anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Morris, Gouverneur, snubbed by Washington for familiarity, 23; his precocity compared to Gallatin's, 32; suggests decimal system, 172. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII] Reference
Two illustrations of nineteenth-century precocity, rather superior to the generality of anecdotes regarding the wisdom of the rising generation, we find in recent French papers. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
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