 | 1855 - 436 sider
...writing table. I had no money to purchase candles or oil; in winter it was rare that I could get any light but that of the fire ; and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen or piece of paper I was compelled to forego some portion of food, though in a state of half starvation.... | |
 | 1854 - 862 sider
...purchase a candle or oil; in winter, it wa§ rarely that I could get any li¡;ht but that of the fin-, and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen or piece of paper, I was compelled to forego some, portion of my food, though in a state of half starvation.... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1856 - 426 sider
...to study in; my knapsack was my bookcase, and a bit of board lying on my lap was my writing-table. In winter time it was rarely that I could get any evening light but that of the fire, rnd only my turn even of that. To buy a pen, or a sheet of paper, I was compelled to forego some portion... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 276 sider
...of my guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my book-case, and a bit of board lying in my lap, was my writing-table. I had no money to purchase...in winter time it was rarely that I could get any light but that of the fire, and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen or sheet of paper, I was compelled... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 sider
...lying on my lap was my writing-table ; and the task did not demand anything like a year of my life. I had no money to purchase candle or oil; in winter...but that of the fire, and only my turn even of that. And if I, under such circumstances, and without parent or friend to advise or encourage me, accomplished... | |
 | 1859 - 396 sider
...I had no money to purchase a candle or oil ; in winter it was rarely that I could get any light but the fire, and only my turn even of that. To buy a pen or piece of paper, I was compelled to forego some portion of my food, though in a state of half starvation.... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1860 - 358 sider
...table ; and the task did not demand any thing like a year of my life. I had no money to purchase caudle or oil ; in winter time it was rarely that I could...evening light but that of the fire, and only my turn of even that. And if I, under such circumstances, and without parent or friend to advise or encoiirage... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1861 - 354 sider
...lying on my lap was my writing-table; 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 the fire, and only my turn even of that. And if I, under such circumstances,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 sider
...did not demand anything like a year of my life. I had no money to purchase candle or oil ; in winter it was rarely that I could get any evening light but...that of the fire, and only my turn even of that.' When the great Erasmus was a poor student at Paris, without a sufficiency of food or clothing, he could... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1870 - 434 sider
...edge of my berth, or that of my guard-bed, was my seat to study on ; my knapsack was my book-case ; a bit of board lying on my lap was my writing-table....In winter time it was rarely that I could get any light but that of the fire, and only my turn even of that. And if I, under such circumstances, and... | |
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... 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 the fire, and only my turn even of that. 
