 I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money I got for such drawings ; out of which I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father.  First Steps to Astronomy and Geography - Page 46by First steps - 1828 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Ferguson - Eclipses - 1823 - 406 pages
...rest I did according to my own fancy. On this, I was sent for' by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money...pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my pooi* father. Yet all this while I could not leave off star-gazing in the nights, and taking the places... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1830 - 452 pages
...soon became quite an adept. " On this," says he, " I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money...occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." He still continued, however, his astronomical studies, making observations on the stars, as usual,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...soon became quite an adept. " On this," says he, " I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money...occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." He still continued, however, his astronomical studies, making observations on the stars, as usual,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 484 pages
...sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money J got for such drawings ; out of which I had the pleasure...occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." He still continued, however, his astronomical studies, making observations on the stars, as usual,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...soon became quite an adept. " On this," says he, " I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money I got for such drawings; out of wlu-ch I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." He still continued,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...soon became quite an adept. " On this," says he, " I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and. began to think myself growing very rich by the money I got by such drawings ; out of which I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father."... | |
 | 1832 - 858 pages
...became quite an adept. " On this," says he,« " I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing very rich by the money...occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." He still continued, however, his astronomical studies, making observations on the stars, as usual,... | |
 | Art - 1834 - 602 pages
...In this he succeeded so well, that other ladies in the neighbourhood gave him similar employment ; and he says, " I began to think myself growing very rich, by the money I got for such drawings; nut of which I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." From drawing... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...introduction, I was afterwards enabled to go to Edinburgh, and pursue my favourite studies, and also had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father. James Ferguson, whose own account of his early life is here given, became a Member of the Royal Society... | |
 | 1835 - 444 pages
...contrived in such a manner, that " whenever," he says, " the sun shone on the globe, one might see to what place he was setting, and all the places where...such drawings; out of which I had the pleasure of sometimes supplying the wants of my poor father. Yet all this while I could not leave off star-gazing... | |
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