They fed us the whole time we were with them. You would have laughed to have seen me carrying an old squaw's pack, which was so heavy I could hardly waddle under it. However, I was well paid whenever we stopped, for she always gave me the best bits and... The Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798 - Page 89by Ida Ashworth Taylor - 1903 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Moore - England - 1796 - 534 pages
...care of his aunt as if fhe had been his mother. 1 " * Well, and fo I ought,' faid the youth; * fiie took as much care of me as if I had been her fon.' " I then afked him," continued Mr. Temple, " by what means he was enabled to maintain his aunt.... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 626 pages
...and fed me, though she never saw me before or since; nor had she any thing for her trouble, and yet took as much care of me as if I had been her own child. A few years ago I was determined to go down and see her, and restore her fourfold for her labour,... | |
| John Moore - 1816 - 266 pages
...much care of his aunt as if she had been his mother.' ' Well, and so I ought,' said the youth ; ' she took as much care of me as if I had been her son.' "I then asked him," continued Mr. Temple, " by what means he was enabled to "maintain his aunt.... | |
| John Moore - 1820 - 578 pages
...much care of his aunt, as if she had been his mother.' * Well, and so I ought,' said the youth ; ' she took as much care of me as if I had been her son.' ' I then asked him,' continued Mr. Temple, ' by what means he was enabled to maintain his aunt.'... | |
| John Moore, Robert Anderson - English literature - 1820 - 580 pages
...much care of his aunt, as if she had been his mother.' * Well, and so I ought,' said the youth ; ' she took as much care of me as if I had been her son.' * I then asked him,' continued Mr. Temple, ? by what means he was enabled to maintain his aunt.'... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1832 - 406 pages
...said we were 'all one brother1 — all 'one Indian.' They fed. us the whole time we were with them. You would have laughed to have seen me carrying an...if I had been her own son : in short, I was quite F enfant cheri. We were quite sorry to part : the old lady and gentleman both kissed me very heartily.... | |
| William Huntington - Christianity - 1842 - 236 pages
...and fed me, though she never saw me before or since, nor had she any thing for her trouble, and yet took as much care of me as if I had been her own child. A few years ago I was determined to go down and see her, and restore her fourfold for her labor,... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - Autonomy and independence movements - 1845 - 576 pages
...said we were ' all one brother ' — all ' one Indian.' They fed us the whole time we were with them. You would have laughed to have seen me carrying an...if I had been her own son : in short, I was quite I' enfant cheri." A final expedition he made, via Detroit and Michilimackinack, to New Orleans, from... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - Emmet's rebellion, 1803 - 1854 - 552 pages
...said we were ' all one brother ' — all ' one Indian.' They fed us the whole time we were with them. You would have laughed to have seen me carrying an...if I had been her own son : in short, I was quite I'enfant chfri." A. final expedition he made, via Detroit and Michilimackinack, to New Orleans, from... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1855 - 328 pages
...said we were ' all one brother ' — all ' one Indian.' They fed us the whole time we were with them. You would have laughed to have seen me carrying an old squaw's pack, which was so heavy 1 could hardly waddle under it. However, I was well paid whenever we stopped, for she always gave me... | |
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