R.'sf hangs like a millstone about my neck. If I had it paid I would never borrow again from mortal man. But do not mistake me, mother ; I am not one of those men who faint and falter in the great battle of life. God has given me too strong a heart for... Poems by Robert Nicoll - Página 36por Robert Nicoll - 1853 - 304 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1843 - 434 páginas
...— " That money of It.'* [the money borrowed that he might rnmmenee buiineti] bang! like a millitone about my neck. If I had it paid, I would never borrow again from mortal man. But do not """ta^t* me, mother ; I am not one of t hot* men who faint and falter in the great battle of life.... | |
| William Howitt - 1848 - 432 páginas
...about it: — " This money of R.'s (a fricnd who had lent him a few pounds to commence business with) hangs like a millstone about my neck. If I had it paid I would never boriow again from mortal man. But do not mistake me, mother ; I am not one of those men who faint and... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 páginas
...difficulties, and disaster. " That money of R's," he says, referring to a few pounds which had been lent him, "hangs like a millstone about my neck. If I had it...God has given me too strong a heart for that. I look npon earth as a place where every man is set to struggle and to work, that he may be made humble and... | |
| 1851 - 608 páginas
...his noble mother : — "That money of R.'s hangs like a mill-stone »bout my neck. If I had paid it, I would never borrow again from mortal man. But do not mistake me. mother : 1 am not one of those men who faint and falter in the great battle of life. God has given mo too... | |
| 1852 - 634 páginas
...his noble mother : — " That money of R.'s hangs like a mill-stone about my neck. If I had paid it, I would never borrow again from mortal man. But do...falter in the great battle of life. God has given mo too strong a heart for that. I look upon earth as a place where every man is set to struggle and... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 230 páginas
...which have been published, abound in evidences of great strength. Writing to his mother, he says, — " Do not mistake me, mother ; I am not one of those...who faint and falter in the great battle of life. I look upon earth as a place where every man is set to struggle and to work, that he may be made humble... | |
| 1856 - 606 páginas
...knows not how to repay it ; it " hangs like a millstone round his neck," and yet these are his words: " I am not one of those men who faint and falter in...given me too strong a heart for that. I look upon aarth as a place where every man is set to struggle and to work, that he may be made humble and pure-hearted,... | |
| Charles Kingsley - 1859 - 474 páginas
...his noble mother : — " That money of R.'s hangs like a mill-stone about my neck. If I had paid it, I would never borrow again from mortal man. But do...given me too strong a heart for that. I look upon eartli as a place where every man is set to struggle and to work, that he may .be made humble and pure-hearted,... | |
| Joseph Johnson - 1869 - 320 páginas
...vain. One of his letters to her is full of excellent sense: "Do not mistake me, mother," he wrote. "I am not one of those men who faint and falter in the great battle of life. God he-is given me too strong a heart for that. I look upon earth as a place where every man is set to... | |
| 1852 - 672 páginas
...his noble mother:— " That money of R.'s hangs like a mill-stone about my neck. If I hnd paid it, I would never borrow again from mortal man. But do...earth as a place where every man is set to struggle nnd tp work, that he may he made humble and pure-hearted, and fit for that butter land for which earth... | |
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