 I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of my guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knap-sack was my book-case ; a bit of board lying on my lap was my writing-table ; and the task did...  Self-education - Página 23por Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1900 - 282 páginas
...to a circulating library at Chatham, read every book in it, and began to study. " I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my lap... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 428 páginas
...at Yale, ' is the Corbett, speaking of his celebrated English grammar, tells us : "I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my lap... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 424 páginas
...at Yale, ' is the Corbett, speaking of his celebrated English grammar, tells us : "1 learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the gua1xl bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my... | |
 | Edward Irving Carlyle, John Doyle - 1904 - 364 páginas
...think themselves learned men."'1 Cobbett acted in accordance with that advice. ' I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guardbed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my lap... | |
 | Edward Irving Carlyle, John Doyle - 1904 - 364 páginas
...think themselves learned men."'1 Cobbett acted in accordance with that advice. ' I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guardbed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my lap... | |
 | Edward Irving Carlyle, John Doyle - 1904 - 368 páginas
...think themselves learned men."'1 Cobbett acted in accordance with that advice. ' I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guardbed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my bookcase ; a bit of board lying on my lap... | |
 | 1905 - 474 páginas
...making efforts.' ' Corbett, speaking of his celebrated English grammar, tells us : "I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day, and the task did not demand anything like a year of my life. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1906 - 316 páginas
...school, no room to study in, no expenses, and no troublesome circumstances of any sort. I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my book-case ; a bit of board, lying on my... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1909 - 384 páginas
...set himself to study grammar, which he learned under the following circumstances : "I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard-bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack was my book-case ; a bit of board lying on my... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1909 - 388 páginas
...grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence a day. The edge of my berth, or that of the guard-bed, was my seat to study in; my knapsack was my book-case; a bit of board lying on my lap was my writing-table; and the task did not demand anything like a year... | |
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