 | English literature - 1800 - 532 pages
...freedom in his feafe in two years more ; and to weather thefe two years, we retrenched our expences. We lived very poorly : I was a dexterous ploughman for my age ; and the next eldeit to me was a brother (Gilbert), who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrafli... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...to weather these " two years, we retrenched our expenses. We " lived very poorly : I was a dextrous ploughman " for my age ; and the next eldest to me was a ** brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough " very well, and help me to thrash the corn. A " novel-writer... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...freedom in his lease in two years more; and, to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses. We lived very poorly: I was a dexterous ploughman, for my age; and the next eldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrash the corn. A novelwriter... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...freedom in his leafe in two years more, and to weather thefe two years, we retrenched our e\p enees. We lived very poorly : I was a dexterous ploughman for my age ; and the next oldeft to me was. a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrafh the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...and to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses. We lived very poorly : 1 was a dextrous ploughman for my age ; and the next eldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrash the corn. A novel-writer... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...freedom in his lease in two years more; and, to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses. We lived very poorly : I was a dexterous ploughman, for my age ; and the next eldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrash the corn. A novel-writer... | |
 | British prose literature - 1819 - 364 pages
...freedom in his lease in two years more; and, to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses. We lived very poorly : I was a dexterous ploughman, for my age ; and the next eldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrash the corn. A novel-writer... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 848 pages
...freedom in his lease in two years more, and to weather these two years, we retrenched our erpences. We lived very poorly : I was a dexterous ploughman for my age ; and the next oldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thrash the... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...an In weather these two years we re trenched our expences. We live( very poorly ; I was an excellen plough-man for my age, and the next eldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me tt thrash the corn. A novel writer... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...freedom in his lease in two years more ; and, to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses. We lived very poorly : I was a dexterous ploughman, for my age; and the next eldest to me was a brother (Gilbert) who could drive the plough very well, and help me to thresh the corn. A novel-writer... | |
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... he married ; I was the eldest of seven children : and he, worn out by early hardships, was unfit for labour. My father's spirit was soon irritated, but not easily broken. There was a freedom in his lease in two years more; and, to weather these two... 
