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" ... 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 167
1847
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The Carlyle reader, selections ed. by J. Wood, Part 1

Thomas Carlyle - 1894 - 192 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,...much weeping and swearing, they are selected ; all 1o dressed in red ; and shipped away, at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to...
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The Writings of John Burroughs, Volume 3

John Burroughs - 1895 - 288 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,...are selected; all dressed in red, and shipped away on the public charges some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain; and fed there till...
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Indoor Studies

John Burroughs - 1895 - 288 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,...are selected; all dressed in red, and shipped away on the public charges some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain; and fed there till...
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The Writings of John Burroughs: Indoor studies

John Burroughs - 1895 - 290 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,...are selected; all dressed in red, and shipped away on the public charges some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain; and fed there till...
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The Writings of John Burroughs: Indoor studies

John Burroughs - 1895 - 290 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,...are selected; all dressed in red, and shipped away on the public charges some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain; and fed there till...
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The Crown of Wild Olive: Four Lectures on Work, Traffic, War and the Future ...

John Ruskin - 1895 - 236 pages
...that one can weave, another build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone 109 avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing,...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. "...
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Selections from Ruskin ...

John Ruskin - 1895 - 184 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 l avoirdupois. Nevertheless, amid much weeping and swearing, they are selected, all dressed in red,...
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The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Sartor resartus

Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 292 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...
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Sartor Resartus

Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 522 pages
...them up to manhood, and even trained ' them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, 159 ' another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty...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 5 ' till wanted....
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Sartor Resartus

Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 522 pages
...usually some five-hundred souls. From ' these, by certain " Natural Enemies " of the French, there ยป ' another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty...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 5 * till wanted....
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