Want was the earliest companion of my childhood. I well remember the painful impressions made on my mind by witnessing the distress of my mother when without food for her children. How often have I seen her, on a Saturday evening, weeping and wringing... The Pioneer Boy: And how He Became President - Стр. 285авторы: William M. Thayer - 1864 - Страниц: 310Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1819 - Страниц: 404
...the first impressions I received were the tears of my mother, who did not know where to obtain bread for her children. How often have I seen her, on a Saturday, with weeping eyes, when she returner! home unable to find a purchaser for the work which the utmost... | |
| 1827 - Страниц: 602
...the first impressions I received were the tears of my mother, who did not know where to obtain bread for her children. How often have I seen her on a Saturday with weeping eyes, when she returned home, unable to find a purchaser for the work which the utmost... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1830 - Страниц: 464
...best exertions were often unable to provide bread. In the ' Memoirs of his own Life,' Heyne says, " Want was the earliest companion of my childhood. I...daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured!" His parents sent him to a child's school in the suburbs of the small town of Chemnitz, in Saxony, where... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1830 - Страниц: 452
...his best exertions were often unable to provide bread. In the ' Memoirs of his own Life,' Heyne says, "Want was the earliest companion of my childhood....daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured!" His parents sent him to a child's school in the suburbs of the small town of Chemnitz, in Saxony, where... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1834 - Страниц: 450
...best exertions were often unable to provide bread. In the ' Memoirs of his own Life,' Heyne says, " Want was the earliest companion of my childhood. I...as she returned home from an unsuccessful effort to r.ell the goods which the daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured !" His parents sent... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - Страниц: 336
...often reduced to the miseries of the lowest indigence. In the Memoirs of his own life, Heyne says, " Want was the earliest companion of my childhood. I...daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured." His parents sent him to a child's school in the suburbs of the small town of Chemnitz. He soon exhibited... | |
| 1832 - Страниц: 510
...his best exertions were often unable to provide bread. In the " Memoirs of his own Life," Heyne says, "Want was the earliest companion of my childhood....daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured !" His parents sent him to a child's school in the suburbs of the small town of Chemnitz, in Saxony,... | |
| 1832 - Страниц: 440
...witnessing the distress of my mother when without food foi her children. How often have I seen her, on *• Saturday evening, weeping and wringing her hands,...daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured !" CABINET OF NATURE. TWO SCENES IN VIRGINIA WARE'S CAVE.* [Concluded from page 270.] * About three... | |
| 1832 - Страниц: 858
...'Memoirs of his own Life,' Heyne says, " Want was the earliest companion of my childhood. I well lemember the painful impressions made on my mind by witnessing...which the daily and nightly toil of my father had mir.ufactured !" CABINET OP NATURE. TWO SCENES IN VIRGINIA WARE'S CAVE.* [Concluded from page 270.)... | |
| 1839 - Страниц: 580
...poor weaver. The first part of his life was spent in the most abject poverty. " Want,'' says he, " was the earliest companion of my childhood. I well...daily and nightly toil of my father had manufactured !" Through suffering and toil almost incredible, Heyne struggled through the University of Leipsic,... | |
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