 ... downwards towards the shore. This was no very formidable beginning of the course of life I had so much dreaded. To be sure, my hands were a little sore, and I felt nearly as much fatigued as if I had been climbing among the rocks ; but I had wrought...  The Old Red Sandstone - Page 38by Hugh Miller - 1852Full view - About this book
 | William Oland Bourne - 1854 - 286 pages
...President of the United States. The boy in the sandstone quarry was wisei than the farmer's son. He says, " To be sure my hands were a little sore, and I felt...the rocks ; but I had wrought and been useful, and yet had enjoyed the day fully as much as usual." There is the key to all the success of our quarry-boy.... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1854 - 346 pages
...fir wood beside us, and the long, dark shadows of the trees stretching downwards towards the shore. This was no very formidable beginning of the course of life I had so much dreaded. To be sure, ray hands were a little sore, and I felt nearly as much fatigued as if I had been climbing among the... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...fir wood beside us, and the long dark shadows of the trees stretehing downwards towards the shore. This was no very formidable beginning of the course...sore, and I felt nearly as much fatigued, as if I hod been climbing among the rocks ; but I had wrought and been useful, and had yet enjoyed the day... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 pages
...heard our employer bidding the workmen lay by their tools. This was no very formidable beginning of the life I had so much dreaded. To be sure, my hands were...and had yet enjoyed the day fully as much as usual" In this spirit did Hugh at fourteen years of age begin his life of toil; and work so begun was not... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...fir wood beside us, and the long dark shadows of the trees stretching downwards towards the shore. This was no very formidable beginning of the course...if I had been climbing among the rocks ; but I had worked and been useful, and had yet enjoyed the day fully as much as usual. It was no small matter,... | |
 | James Hogg - 1859 - 346 pages
...fir wood beside us, and the long dark shadows of the trees stretching downwards towards the shore. " This was no very formidable beginning of the course of life I had so much dreaded. To be sure, niy hands were a little sore, and felt nearly as nomena ; for the resemblance was no half resemblance... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 262 pages
...fir-wood beside us, and the long dark shadows of the trees stretching down towards the shore. This, then, was no very formidable beginning of the course of...if I had been climbing among the rocks : but I had worked and been useful, and had yet enjoyed the day quite as much as usual. I was as light of heart... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...fir wood beside us, and the long dark shadows of the trees stretching downwards towards the shore. This was no very formidable beginning of the course...fatigued as if I had been climbing among the rocks; but 1 had wrought and' been useful, and yet had enjoyed the day fully as much as usual. It was no small... | |
 | 1872 - 264 pages
...(clay), that laid down by a deluge or flood ; generally accompanied by deposits of gravel and sand. This was no very formidable beginning of the course...little sore, and I felt nearly as much fatigued as if 1 had been climbing among the rocks ; but I had worked and been useful, and had yet enjoyed the day... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...fir wood beside us, and the long dark shadows of the trees stretching downwards towards the shore. This was no very formidable beginning of the course...dreaded. To be sure, my hands were a little sore, : nd I felt nearly as much fatigued, as if I had been climbing among the rocks ; but I had wrought... | |
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