Janeway about the year 1828:

"Dare you do anything which your parents forbid you, and neglect to do
what they command? Dare you to run up and down on the Lord's Day, or
do you keep in to read your book, and learn what your good parents
command?"

Such an address would have almost tempted children to envy the lot of
orphans, except that the guardians and less close relations might have
been equally, if not more, severe.

From "The Curious Girl," published about 1809:

"Oh! papa, I hope you will have no reason to be dissatisfied with me,
for I love my studies very much, and I am never so happy at my play as
when I have been assiduous at my lessons all day."

"Adolphus: How strange it is, papa, you should believe it possible for
me to act so like a child, now that I am twelve years old!"

Here is a specimen taken from a Chap Book about 1835:

Edward refuses hot bread at breakfast. His hostess asks whether he
likes it.

"Yes, I am extremely fond of it."

"Why did you refuse it?"

"Because I know that my papa does not approve of my eating it. Am I