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" I had 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 dark, without... "
William Cobbett: A Biography - Page 5
by Edward Smith - 1878
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 36

William Cobbett - 1820 - 680 pages
...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 dark, without...little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the aide of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew Gardens awaked me in the morning ; when off...
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The Schoolmaster, and Edinburgh Weekly Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1832 - 952 pages
...of it, it delighted me beyond description ; and it produced what I have always considered :v sort of birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without...thought about supper or bed. When I could see no longer, 1 put my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by the side of the hay-stack, where I slept till...
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The Life of William Cobbett

William Cobbett - 1835 - 230 pages
...of it, it delighted me beyond description; and 'it produced what 1 have always considered a sort of birth of intellect. I read on till 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...
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The Life of William Cobbett

William Cobbett - 1835 - 236 pages
...of it, it delighted me beyond description ; and it produced what 1 have always considered a sort of birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without any 11* thought of supper or bed. When I could see no longer, 1 put my little book in my pocket, and tumbled...
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 20

1847 - 608 pages
...of it, still it delighted me beyond measure, and produced, what I have always considered, a sort of birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without any thought of supper or bed. When I could see no longer, I put it into my pocket and fell asleep beside of the...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 95

1867 - 854 pages
...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 dark without...about supper or bed. When I could see no longer, I put mv little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where I slept till the birds...
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The Living Age, Volume 107

1870 - 846 pages
...parts of it, it delighted me beyond description, and produced what I have always considered a sort of birth of intellect I read on till it was dark without any thought of eapper or bed. When I coulJ see no longer I put my little book in my pocket and tumbled down by...
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 20

1847 - 606 pages
...of it, still it delighted me beyond measure, and produced, what I have always considered, a sort of birth of intellect. I read on till it was dark, without any thought of supper or bed. When I could see no longer, I put it into my pocket and fell asleep beside of the...
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The Cottage Gardener: A Practical Guide in every department of horticulture ...

George W. Johnson - 1850 - 434 pages
...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 dark, without any thought about supper or bed. When I could sec no longer, I put my little book in my pocket, and tumbled down by the side of the stack, where...
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The Railway Anecdote Book: A Collection of the Best and Newest Anecdotes and ...

1850 - 216 pages
...beyond description ; and it produced what I have always considered a sort of birth of intellect, 1 read on till it was dark, without any thought about...side of the stack, where I slept till the birds in Kew-gardens awakened me in the morning , when off I started to Kew, reading my little book. The singularity...
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