 | Criticism - 1853 - 666 pages
...which I never had. If I had had his early education, I should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was ; but I missed it, and now...to have cried, and I cry now at the recollection." This was written at the age of 64. In due time, he went to College, carrying all his clothing and books... | |
 | Charles Lanman - History - 1852 - 228 pages
...should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work here.' ' My dear father,' said I, ' you...' My child,' said he, ' it is of no importance to me ; I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brother the advantages of knowledge,... | |
 | Charles Lanman - Legislators - 1852 - 232 pages
...should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work here.' ' My dear father,' said I, ' you...recollection. 'My child,' said he, ' it is of no importance to me ; I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brother the advantages of knowledge,... | |
 | Education - 1852 - 392 pages
...near it, as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work hero." "My dear father," said I, "you »hall not work. Brother and I will work for you, and wear..." My child," said he, " it is of no importance to me — I now live but for my children ; I could not give your older brother the advantages of knowledge,... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - Publishers' catalogs - 1853 - 390 pages
...should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work here.' ' My dear father,' said I, ' you...' My child,' said he, ' it is of no importance to me ; I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brother the advantages of knowledge,... | |
 | Samuel P. Lyman - History - 1853 - 334 pages
...should have been in Philadelphia, in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work here." " My dear father," said I, " you..." My child," said he, " it is of no importance to me — I now live but for my children ; I could not give your elder brother the advantages of knowledge,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - Biography & Autobiography - 1854 - 504 pages
...•should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it AS it was. But I missed it ; and now I must work here. 'My dear father,' said I, 'you shall...' My child,' said he, ' it is of no importance to me — I KOW live but for my children; I could not give your elder brother the advantages of knowledge,... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1856 - 386 pages
...should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work here.' < My dear father,' said I, « you...cry now at the recollection. ' My child,' said he, c it is of no importance to me ; I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brother... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1857 - 500 pages
...should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But- 1 missed it, and now I must work here.' ' My dear father,' said I, ' you...' My child,' said he, ' it is of no importance to me. I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brothers the advantages of knowledge,... | |
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Philadelphia, and gets six dollars a day, while I toil here. It is because he had an education, which I never had. If I had had his early education, I should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I... 
