 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1796 - 76 pages
...youngeft, A father like ours, it will be readily fuppofed did not fufier us to eat the bread of idlenefs. I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living. My firft occupation was, driving the fmalfbirds from the turnip feed, antf the rooks from the peas. When... | |
 | William Cobbett - United States - 1801 - 586 pages
...between the age of the oldest and that of the youngest. v.OL. iv. » . A A father like ours, it wilt be readily supposed-, did not suffer us to eat the...birds from the turnip-seed, and the rooks from the peas. When I first trudged a-field, with my wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I... | |
 | William Cobbett - Biography - 1809 - 76 pages
...but three years and three quarters difference between the age of the oldest and that of the youngest. A father like ours, it will be readily supposed, did...first occupation was, driving the small birds from the turnip seed, and the rooks from the pease. When I first trudged a field, with my wooden bottle and... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1835 - 746 pages
...we shall take as our guide, though our limits will not permit us to give many passages at length. " A father like ours, it will be readily supposed, did...I do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living. My first occupation was driving the small birds from the turnip seed, and the rooks from... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors - 1835 - 524 pages
...he alludes to this something more with great satisfaction, as follows : — " A father like our's, it will be readily supposed, did not suffer us to...I do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living. My first occupation was driving the small birds from the turnipseed, and the rooks from... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors, English - 1835 - 230 pages
...autobiography he alludes to this something more with great satisfaction, as follows: — "A father like our's, it will be readily supposed, did not suffer us to...I do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living. My first occupation was driving the small birds from the turnip-seed, and the rooks from... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors, English - 1835 - 236 pages
...autobiography he alludes to this something more with great satisfaction, as follows: — "A father like our's, it will be readily supposed, did not suffer us to eat the bread of idleness. - 1 do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living. My first occupation was driving the... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors - 1835 - 456 pages
...But he has said " a father like ours did not suffer us to eat the bread of idleness ;" and again " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living." He was then industrious and independent. Industry and independence are the two 6rst features... | |
 | Great Britain - 1836 - 540 pages
...whom, if I derive no honour, I derive no shame." After mentioning his brothers, he proceeds : — " A father like ours, it will be readily supposed, did...I do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living. My first occupation was driving the small birds from the turnip-seed, and the rooks from... | |
 | 1836 - 492 pages
...whom, if I derive no honour, I derive no shame." After mentioning his brothers, he proceeds : — " A father like ours, it will be readily supposed, did...I do not remember the time when I did not earn my own living. My first occupation was driving the small birds from the turnip-seed, and the rooks from... | |
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When I first trudged afield with my wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles, and at the close of the day to reach home was a task of infinite difficulty. 
