 I had ever read before : it was something so new to my mind, that, though I could not at all understand some of it, it delighted me beyond description ; and it produced what I have always considered a sort of birth of intellect. I read on till it was...  Cobbett's Political Register - Page 23edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Robert Waters - 1888 - 334 pages
...always considered a sort of birth of intellect. I read on until it was dark, without any thought of supper or bed. When I could see no longer, I put my...little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awakened me in the morning, when off... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 552 pages
...understand some of it, it delighted me beyond description, and it produced what I have always considered a birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without...my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awaked me in the morning, when off I... | |
 | Agnes Repplier - Literature - 1888 - 238 pages
...always considered a sort of birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without any thought of food or bed. "When I could see no longer, I put my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds of Kew Gardens awakened me in the morning. ... I carried... | |
 | William Allingham - Great Britain - 1893 - 270 pages
...little book, and carried it off to the shady side of a haystack : — • ' It was something so new to my mind, that though I could not at all understand...my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the stack ; where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awakened me in the morning ; when off... | |
 | William Allingham - Great Britain - 1893 - 270 pages
...carried it off to the shady side of a haystack : — 'It was something so new to my mind, that though t could not at all understand some of it, it delighted...my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the stack ; where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awakened me in the morning ; when off... | |
 | Richard Heath - Agricultural laborers - 1893 - 434 pages
...supper or bed. When I could see no longer I put my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew...when off I started to Kew reading my little book." Cobbett was a writer who always tried to express in words the exact meaning of his thoughts. This statement... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1895 - 552 pages
...understand some of it, it delighted me beyond description, and it produced what I have always considered a birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without...my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awaked me in the morning, when off I... | |
 | Edward Irving Carlyle, John Doyle - Great Britain - 1904 - 364 pages
...read. The book was so different from anything that I had ever read before : it was something so new to my mind, that, though I could not at all understand...little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awaked me in the morning; when off I... | |
 | Edward Irving Carlyle, John Doyle - Great Britain - 1904 - 368 pages
...read. The book was so different from anything that I had ever read before : it was something so new to my mind, that, though I could not at all understand...little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awaked me in the morning; when off I... | |
 | Edward Irving Carlyle, John Doyle - Great Britain - 1904 - 364 pages
...read. The book was so different from anything that I had ever read before : it was something so new to my mind, that, though I could not at all understand...little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awaked me in the morning ; when off... | |
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