 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
 | 1838 - 518 pages
...sent for by other ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing 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.' His studies in astronomy however were not neglected, and he still continued to use his thread and beads.... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 646 pages
...sent for by oilier ladies in the country, and began to think myself growing 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.' His studies in astronomy however were not neglected, and he still continued to use his thread and beads.... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 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 draw. • ings ; out of which I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...soon became quite an adept. " On this," says he, " 1 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."... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1842 - 516 pages
...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.'' He still continued, however, his astronomical studies, making observations on the stars, as usual,... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...the 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...this while, I could not leave off star-gazing in the nights,and taking the placesof the planetsamong the stars, by my above-mentioned thread. By this I... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 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 lather."... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1847 - 388 pages
...became quite an adept. "On this," says he, "I was sent for by other ladies in the country, and beganto think myself growing very rich by the money I got...occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father." He still continued, however, his astronomical studies, making observations on the stars, as usual,... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 pages
...myself growing very rich, by the money I got by such drawings ; out of which (he to his credit adds,) I had the pleasure of occasionally supplying the wants of my poor father.'1 But making patterns for ladies' dresses, however lucrative, and calling for ingenuity, could... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1853 - 372 pages
...the 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...of my poor father. Yet all this while I could not leare oil' star-gazing in the nights, and taking the places of the planeU among the stars by my above-mentioned... | |
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