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... respectively.4 Yet , for all my wish to confirm Pliny's chronology , truth compels me to admit that other observers have recorded dates considerably earlier . Perez assures us that children often smile when only a month old.5 Preyer ...
... respectively.4 Yet , for all my wish to confirm Pliny's chronology , truth compels me to admit that other observers have recorded dates considerably earlier . Perez assures us that children often smile when only a month old.5 Preyer ...
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... respectively , of their eager young lives . " " On the whole , the first laugh , properly so called , is reported to occur later than the first smile . Darwin's elder child began his laughing career on the fifty - third day with " a ...
... respectively , of their eager young lives . " " On the whole , the first laugh , properly so called , is reported to occur later than the first smile . Darwin's elder child began his laughing career on the fifty - third day with " a ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
THE LAUGHTER OF INFANTS | 23 |
LOVE AND LAUGHTER | 44 |
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