 Nothing; perhaps,' can exceed the enjoyment of a stableboy's breakfast: what, then, may not be said of mine, who had so long been used to suffer hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying it ?"  Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft - Page 107by Thomas Holcroft - 1816 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1830 - 452 pages
...wont to make every morning at nine o'clock, after four hours' exercise of their horses, he says, " Nothing, perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stableboy's...hunger/ and so seldom found the means of satisfying it?" " For my own part," he adds, " so total snd striking was the change which had taken place in my situation,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...wont to make every morning at nine o'clock, after four hours' exercise of their horses, he says, " Nothing; perhaps,' can exceed the enjoyment of a stableboy's...hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying it ?" " For my own part," he adds, " so total and striking was the change which had taken place in my... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...at nine o'clock, after four hours' exercise of their horses, he says, " Nothing, • HOLCROFT. 411 perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stableboy's...hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying it ?" " For my own part," he adds, " so total and striking was the change which had taken place in my... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...their horses, he says, " Nothing, perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stnhlcboy's breakfast: wliat, then, may not be said of mine, who had so long been used to suffer hunger, and so selddm found tlie means of satisfying il ?" " For my own part/' he adds, " HO total HIM! tstriking... | |
 | James Christie Whyte - Horse-racing - 1840 - 666 pages
...they have done. Nothing perhaps can exceed the enjoyment of a stable-boy's breakfast. what, then, may be said of mine, who had so long been used to suffer...the preceding day, most exquisite Gloucester cheese, fine white bread, and concluded with plentiful draughts of table beer. All this did not overload the... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...wont to make every morning at nine o'clock, after four hour's exercise of their horses, he says, " Nothing, perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stable-boy's...hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying it !" " For my own part," he adds, " so total and striking was the change which had taken place in my... | |
 | James Christie Whyte - Horse-racing - 1840 - 792 pages
...sometimes fallen slightly asleep at the beginning of the first brushing gallop. But if they are not weary, they are hungry, and they make themselves ample...enjoyment of a stable-boy's breakfast ; what, then, may be said of mine, who had so long been used to suffer hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...wont to make every morning at nine o'clock, after four hours' exercise of their horses, he says, " Nothing, perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stable-boy's...hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying it?" " For my own part," he adds, " so total and striking was the change which had taken place in my situation,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...wont to make every morning at nine o'clock, after four hours' exercise of their horses, he says, " Nothing, perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stable-boy's...hunger, and so seldom found the means of satisfying it ! For my own part," he adds, " so total and striking was the change which had taken place in my situation,... | |
 | Shoemakers - 1849 - 356 pages
...companions were wont to enjoy at nine in the morning, after four hours exercise with the horses, he says, " Nothing, perhaps, can exceed the enjoyment of a stable-boy's...breakfast; what then may not be said of mine, who had been so long used to suffer hunger, and so seldom found means of satisfying it ! For my own part, so... | |
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