Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them; she has, not without difficulty and sorrow, fed them up to manhood, and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty... Thomas Carlyle: His Life-his Books-his Theories - Page 80by Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1879 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Carlyle - 1831 - 294 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected ; all...red ; and shipped away, at the public charges, some twothousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted. And now to that same... | |
| 1839 - 536 pages
...Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected ; all dressed in red, and shipped away at public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only...are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Drumdrudge, in like manner wending ; till at length, after infinite effort, the two parties come into... | |
| 1838 - 588 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoidupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are" selected ; all...at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or aay only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted. And now, to that same spot in the south... | |
| 1839 - 536 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected ; all dressed in red, and shipped away at public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted.... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1839 - 1050 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected ; all dressed in red, and shipped away at public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted.... | |
| 1839 - 542 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected ; all dressed in red, and shipped away at public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted.... | |
| 1855 - 630 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid B artizans, from a French Dumdrudge, in like manner wending : till, at length, after infinite effort,... | |
| 1843 - 434 pages
...hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping ami swearing, they are selected ; all dressed in red. and shipped away at the public charge, some 2000 miles, or say, only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted. And now, to... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - 1845 - 292 pages
...build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected, all...are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Dnmdrudge, in like manner wending ; till at length, after infinite effort, the two parties come into... | |
| 1845 - 648 pages
...the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and.swearing, they are selected ; all dressed in red, and shipped...at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or sny only to the south of Spain, and fed there till wanted. And now, to that same spot in the south... | |
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