 | William Cobbett - 1833 - 292 Seiten
...You want no school, no room to study in, no expenses, and no troublesome circumstances of any sort. I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on...my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my book-case; abit of board, lyingon my lap, was my writing-table; and the task did not demand any thing like a year... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1835 - 230 Seiten
...was achieved. "I learned grammar," he says, "when I was a private soldier, on the pay of sixpence per day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard-bed, was my seat to study in; my knapsack was my book -case; a bit of board, lying on my lap, was my writing-table; and the task did not demand any... | |
 | 1837 - 352 Seiten
...study in, no expenses, and no : troubling circumstances of any sort. I learned grammar when I was a i private soldier, on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, 'or that of the; guard bed, 'was my 'seat to 'study in; my knapsack was my book-case ; "a bit of board lying on my lap,... | |
 | Henry Dunn - 1839 - 238 Seiten
...result should therefore most anxiously be avoided. GRAMMAR. " I learned grammar (says William Cobbett) when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard bed, was my seat to study in-, my knapsack was my book-case, and a bit of board lying on my... | |
 | Henry Dunn - 1839 - 302 Seiten
...Cobbett,) when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a-day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase, and a bit of board lying on my lap was my writing-table. I had no money to purchase candle or oil ;... | |
 | 1841 - 404 Seiten
...the glory of the present. What was the secret of their eminence? " I learned grammar (says Cobbett) when I was a private soldier, on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard-bed, was my seat to study in; my knap-sack was my book-case, and a bit of board lying on my... | |
 | 1841 - 346 Seiten
...the glory of the present. What was the secret of their eminence ? " I learned grammar (says Cobbett) when I was a private soldier, on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knap-sack was my book-case, and a bit of board lying on... | |
 | Samuel Jackson - 1851 - 1172 Seiten
...Israel." ENCOURAGING EXAMPLE TO THE YOUNG. " I learned grammar," says one, " when I was a private mldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, « that of my guard bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsjei was my bookcase, and a bit of board... | |
 | 1849 - 318 Seiten
...dear friends, to learn a grammatical knowledge of your own language : " I learned grammar," says he, " when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard bed, was my seat to stndy in ; my knapsack was my bookcase, and a bit of board lying on my... | |
 | Uriah Parke - 1849 - 414 Seiten
...COBBETT was once a common soldier, and afterwards a member of the British Parliament. He says of himself: "I learned grammar, when I was a private soldier on...the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth or my guard bed was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my book case, and a bit of board lying on my... | |
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... and the task did not demand anything like a year of my life. I had no money to purchase candle or oil ; in winter time it was rarely that I could get any evening light but that of... 
