| Henry Downes Miles - Boxing - 1906 - 610 pages
...purchased my knowledge with many a broken head, and bruises in every part of me. I chose mostly to go to Fig* and exercise with him; partly, as I knew him...long, that Fig, at last, finding he could not have the boating of me at so cheap a rate as usual, did not show such fondness for my company. This is well... | |
| Henry Downes Miles - Boxing - 1906 - 612 pages
...purchased my knowledge with many a broken head, and bruises in every part of me. I chose mostly to go to Fig* and exercise with him ; partly, as I knew...high or low, who took up a stick against him. I bore bis rough treatment with determined patience, and followed him so long, that Fig, at last, finding... | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - 1923 - 118 pages
...wouldn't hurt his own pupils, would he?” “Oh, wouldn't he just I Captain Godfrey said he was a man of a rugged temper, and would spare no man, high or low, who took up a stick against him. That mea¿it a good deal in those rough old days. Godfrey ought to know, for he was one of his pupils.”... | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - Child development - 1923 - 122 pages
...flattened with a blow, Fig was the man to do it." " But he wouldn't hurt his own pupils, would he ? " and would spare no man, high or low, who took up a stick against him. That meant a good deal in those rough old days. Godfrey ought to know, for he was one of his pupils."... | |
| 1923 - 828 pages
...wouldn't hurt his own pupils, would he ?" " Oh, wouldn't he just ! Captain Godtrey said he was a man of a rugged temper, and would spare no man, high or low, who took up a stick against him. That meant a good deal in those rough old days. Godfrey ought to know, for he was one of the pupils."... | |
| England - 1819 - 788 pages
...Xenophon of Socrates. " I have purchased," quoth he, " my knowledge with many a broken head and bruise in every part of me. I chose to go mostly to Fig and...patience, and followed him so long, that Fig at last rinding he could not have the beating of me at so cheap a rate as usual, did not shew such fondness... | |
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