 so total and striking was the change which had taken place in my situation, that I could not but feel it very sensibly. I was more conscious of it than most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most...  Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft - Page 108by Thomas Holcroft - 1816 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1816 - 886 pages
...former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular wretchedness. 1 had been exposed to every want, every weariness, and...prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...in turmoil, and often in singular wretchedncwi. I had been exposed to every want, every wearineiw, and every occasion of despondency, except that such poor sufferers become reconciled to, and almotit ingeiMible of, suffering; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...most boys would hare been, and, therefore, not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how... | |
 | James Christie Whyte - Horse-racing - 1840 - 666 pages
...most boys would have been, and, therefore, not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how hard,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had most of it been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...to every want, every weariness, and every occasion ot despondency, except that such poor sufferers become reconciled to, and almost insensible of, suffering... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1847 - 388 pages
...most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life, had, most of it, been spent in turmoil, and often in singular...almost insensible of, suffering ; and boyhood and beegary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal, where I had enough ; rich to... | |
 | Shoemakers - 1849 - 356 pages
...than most boys would have been, and therefore not a little satisfied. The former part of my life had been spent in turmoil, and often in singular wretchedness....prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how... | |
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