| Granville series - 1882 - 330 pages
...time, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. 2. Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has reared and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty...sorrow, fed them up to manhood, and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, another hammer, ;md the weakest can stand under thirty... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 552 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five-hundred souls. From these, by certain "Natural Enemies " of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men : Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 552 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five-hundred souls. From these, by certain ' ' Natural Enemies " of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men : Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - 1883 - 612 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain ' Natural Enemies ' of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them ; she has, not without difficulty and sorrow,... | |
| David Thomas - 1883 - 472 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain " natural enemies " of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them ; she has not without difficulty and sorrow... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 494 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain 'Natural Enemies' of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men; Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and sorrow,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1884 - 434 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain " natural enemies " of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. Dumdrudge,at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them ; she has, not without difficulty and sorrow,... | |
| John Brown - 1885 - 550 pages
...French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men: Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them: she...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... | |
| John Ruskin - 1885 - 410 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain u natural enemies " of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them ; she has, not without difficulty and sorrow,... | |
| John Brown - 1885 - 552 pages
...Dumdrudge, usually some five-hundred souls. From these, by certain "Natural Enemies " of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men : Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and... | |
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