... of the French there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty ablebodied men. 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... Titan: A Monthly Magazine... - Page 1671847Full view - About this book
| Thomas Carlyle - 1831 - 294 pages
...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,...all dressed in 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... | |
| 1834 - 600 pages
...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,...all dressed in red, and shipped away, at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted. And... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 322 pages
...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,...all dressed in red, and shipped away, at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted. And... | |
| 1838 - 588 pages
...can weave, another build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoidupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they...all dressed in red, and shipped away, at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or aay only to the south of Spain ; and fed there till wanted. And... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 pages
...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,...weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Ne' vertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are ' selected ; all dressed in red ; and shipped... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 590 pages
...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 stone avoidupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and ewearing,they are selected ; all dressed in red, and... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1839 - 1050 pages
...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,...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
...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,...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 - 536 pages
...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,...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.... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 326 pages
...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,...weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois. Ne' vertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are ' selected ; all dressed in red ; and shipped... | |
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