| William Cobbett - 1796 - 76 Seiten
...difficulty. My next employment was weeding wheat, and leading a fingle horfe at harrowing barley. Hoeing peas followed, and hence I arrived at the honour of joining the reapers in harvefi, driving the team and holding plough. We were all of us ftrong and laborious, and my father... | |
| William Cobbett - 1797 - 86 Seiten
...was hardly able to climb the gates and ftrles, and, at the clofe of the day, to reach home was a tafe of infinite difficulty. My next employment was weeding wheat, and leading a fingle horfe at harrowing barley. Hoeing peas followed, and hence I arrived at the honour of joining... | |
| William Cobbett - 1801 - 586 Seiten
...wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles ; and, at the close of the day, to reach home, was a...leading a single horse at harrowing barley. Hoeing peas followed, and hence, I arrived at the honour of joining the reapers in harvest, driving the team,... | |
| William Cobbett - 1809 - 76 Seiten
...sarchcl swung over my shoulders, I was hardty able to climb the gates arid stiles; a^cl at {he clos.e cf the day, to, reach home, was a task of infinite difficulty.....My next employment was weeding wheat, and leading 2 single horse at harrowing barley. Hoeing pease followed, and hence I arrived at the honour of joining... | |
| William Cobbett - 1835 - 230 Seiten
...wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles; and, at the close of the day, to reach home was a...reapers in harvest, driving the team, and holding the plough. We were all of us strong and laborious; and my father used to boast, that he had four boys,... | |
| William Cobbett - 1835 - 236 Seiten
...wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles; and, at the close of the day, to reach home was a...reapers in harvest, driving the team, and holding the plough. We were all of us strong and laborious; and my father used to boast, that he had four boys,... | |
| William Cobbett - 1835 - 524 Seiten
...wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles ; and, at the close of the day, to reach home was a...honour of joining the reapers in harvest, driving the teamj and holding the plough. We were all of us strong and laborious; and my father used to boast,... | |
| 1836 - 456 Seiten
...wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles ; and, at the close of the day, to reach home was a...infinite difficulty. My next employment was weeding wKeat, and leading a single horse at harrowing barley. Hoeing pease followed ; and hence I arrived... | |
| Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1902 - 734 Seiten
...bird-scaring; next he was put to weeding wheat, then was promoted to leading a horse, and finally he attained the honour of "joining the reapers in harvest, driving the team and holding plough." But he was a typical English boy, fond of adventure ; and when, on a visit to Portsmouth at twenty... | |
| 1867 - 854 Seiten
...wooden bottle and my satchel swung over my shoulders, I was hardly able to climb the gates and stiles ; and at the close of the day, to reach home was a task...harrowing barley. Hoeing pease followed ; and hence 1 arrived at the honour of joining the reapers in harvest, driving the team, and holding the plough.... | |
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