 | 1844 - 784 pages
...all employments— to work in a quarry. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader of curious books, when I could get them — a gleaner of old traditionary stories ; aad now I was going to exchange all my daydreams, and all my amusements, for the kind of life in... | |
 | 1843 - 628 pages
...by, had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods, a reader of curious books when I could get them, a gleaner of...traditionary stories ; and now I was going to exchange all my day dreams and all my amusements, for the kind of life in which men toil every day that they may be... | |
 | Arminianism - 1858 - 1194 pages
...neither a poetic reverie nor a laughing holiday ; and sadly and reluctantly enough to begin that " kind of life in which men toil every day that they...and eat every day that they may be enabled to toil." In the first chapter of his " Old Red Sandstone," he has given us a graphic description of the experiences... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 638 pages
...by had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader of curious books, when I could get them — a gleaner...stories — and now I was going to exchange all my day-dreami and all my amusements for the kind of life in which men toil every day that they may be... | |
 | 1848 - 916 pages
...by had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader of curious books when I could get them — a gleaner...I was going to exchange all my day-dreams and all ray amusements, for the kind of life in which men toil every day that they may be enabled to eat, and... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Geology - 1854 - 324 pages
...by had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader of curious books when I could get them —a gleaner of...day-dreams, and all my amusements, for the kind of t life in which men toil every day that they may be enabled to jeat, and cat every day thai they may... | |
 | Religion - 1855 - 664 pages
...inviting in the prospect. " I had been," he says, " a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader of curious books, when I could get them — a gleaner...traditionary stories ; and now I was going to exchange all my day-dream?, and all my amusements, for the kind of life in which men toil every day that they may be... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 996 pages
...had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among the rocks and woods ; a reader of curious books, when I could get them ; a gleaner of...amusements for the kind of life in which men toil everyday that they may be enabled to eat, and eat every day that they may be enabled to toil." The... | |
 | Hugh Miller - Geology - 1858 - 456 pages
...by had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader of curious books when I could get them — a gleaner...and eat every day that they may be enabled to toil ! Tne quarry in which I wrought lay on the southern shore of a noble inland bay, or frith, rather,... | |
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... employments — to work in a quarry. Bating the passing uneasiness occasioned by a few gloomy anticipations, the portion of my life which had already gone by had been happy beyond the common lot. I had been a wanderer among rocks and woods — a reader... 
