 I had been exposed to every want, every weariness, and every occasion of despondency, except that such poor sufferers become reconciled to, and almost insensible of suffering, and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been...  Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft - Page 109by Thomas Holcroft - 1816 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not 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 nard, on which I could lay my head to sleep. Now I was warmly clothed, nay, gorgeously ; for I was... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1847 - 388 pages
...and boyhood and beegary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal, where I had enough ; rich to me, was the rag that kept me warm...or how hard, on which I could lay my head to sleep. N^w, I was warmly clothed, nay gorgeously ; for I was proud of my new livery, and never-suspected that... | |
 | Shoemakers - 1849 - 366 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm...that there was disgrace in it. I fed voluptuously ; not a prince on earth, perhaps, with half the appetite and never-failing relish ; and instead of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 300 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm...that there was disgrace in it ; I fed voluptuously ; not a prince on earth, perhaps, with half the appetite and never- failing relish ; and instead of... | |
 | T. W. Garland - Methodists - 1860 - 138 pages
...and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. "Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm;...never suspected that there was disgrace in it; I fed voluptiously, — not a prince on earth perhaps, with half the appetite, and never-failing reliah ;... | |
 | Englishmen - Great Britain - 1863 - 912 pages
...Newmarket — a situation of comparative elegance and luxury. " Happy had been the meal where I had enough — rich to me was the rag that kept me warm...my new livery, and never suspected that there was any disgrace in it — I fared voluptuously, not a prince on earth, perhaps, with half the appetite... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm...that there was disgrace in it ; I fed voluptuously, not a prince on earth perhaps with half the appetite, and neverfailing relish ; and, instead of being... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm...that there was disgrace in it. I fed voluptuously, not a prince on earth perhaps with half the appetite and never-failing relish ; and instead of being... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm...that there was disgrace in it. I fed voluptuously, not a prince on earth perhaps with half the appetite and never-failing relish ; and instead of being... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1881 - 648 pages
...; and boyhood and beggary are fortunately not prone to despond. Happy had been the meal where I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm;...and never suspected that there was disgrace in it. I led voluptuously, not a prince on earth perhaps with halt the appetite, and neverfailing relish ; and... | |
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