 | 1822 - 496 pages
...estate as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of every body, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...when I was a lame-footed boy — for he was a good hit older than me — many a mile when I could not walk for pain ; — and how in after life he became... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...estate, as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of every body, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...when I was a lame-footed boy — for he was a good hit older than me — many a mile when I could not walk for pain; — and how in after life he became... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...estate, as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of everybody, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient... | |
 | Story-teller - English fiction - 1843 - 324 pages
...estate as brave as he was hand» some, to the admiration of every body, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...lame-footed boy, — for he was a good bit older than I, — many a mile, when I could not walk for pain ; and how, in after life, he became lame-footed... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - American prose literature - 1844 - 356 pages
...estate as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of every body, but of their greatgrandmother Field most especially; and how he used to carry me...lame-footed boy,— for he was a good bit older than I,—many a mile, when I could not walk for pain ; and how, in after life, he became lame-footed too,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...estate as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of everybody, but of their great-grandmother customers come in. 1 was a lame-footed boy — for he was a good bit older than me — many a mile when I could not walk... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...estate as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of everybody, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame- footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient,... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1851 - 964 pages
...estate, as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of everybody, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...I was a lame-footed boy — for he was a good bit oldgr than me —many a mile when I could not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 346 pages
...estate as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of every body, but of their greatgrandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...lame-footed boy, — for he was a good bit older than I, — many a mile, when I could not walk for pain ; and how, in after life, he became lame-footed... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...estate, as brave as he was handsome, to the admiration of everybody, but of their great-grandmother Field most especially ; and how he used to carry me...not walk for pain ; and how in after life he became lame footed too, and I did not always (I fear) make allowances enough for him when he was impatient... | |
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... old great house and gardens too, but had too much spirit to be always pent up within their boundaries, — and how their uncle grew up to man's estate as brave as he was handsome... 
