 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1782 - 588 pages
...added tp that primary occupation ? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the Emperor of China ploughing as...his kingdom.' With what heart-felt regret muft our honed Pennfylvanian look back to thefe happy moments of his exigence, when the innocence, the Simplicity,... | |
 | 1784 - 862 pages
...to that primary occupation. — The father thu* ploughing with hi-, child, and m feed hie family, is inferior only to the Emperor of China, ploughing as an example to hia kingdom. Travels tt t ht Coaß of Arabia Felix, and from thence by the Red Пса and ¿gj'f1 la... | |
 | History - 1789 - 622 pages
...added to that primary occupation ? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the Emperor of China, ploughing as an example to his kingdom. ANECDOTE OF FREDERICK II. THE night after the battle (of Torgaa) was very cold, and the troops made... | |
 | 1792 - 822 pages
...- th;it primary occupation ? The father, thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the emperor of China ploughing as an example to his kingdom. — In the evening, when I return home through my low grounds, I am aftonifhed at the myriads of tnfccb... | |
 | Universalism - 1797 - 572 pages
...added to that primary occupation ? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the Emperor of China, ploughing as an example to his kingdom. I make no comment upon this fimple ruftic account; I only fay, that the man who can read it without... | |
 | Madame Cottin (Sophie) - Browning, Elizabeth - 1812 - 162 pages
...primary occupation ? The father thus ploughing, with his child, and to feed his family, is interior only to the Emperor of China ploughing as an example to his kingdom. ' .* .' . REFERENCE DEPARTMEN' ook is under no circumst j£*' . • 1 ,. • . ' . • , ... | |
 | 1813 - 594 pages
...added to that primary occupation ? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed hie family, is inferior only to the Emperor of China, ploughing as an example to hie kingdom. "Enjoyment," says Zimmerman, " comes before possession, and with possession generally... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...added to that primary occupation I The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the emperor of China, ploughing as an example to his kingdom. BONO *-.!> INSTINCT. The pleasure I receive from the warblings of the birds in the spring, is superior... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...added to that primary occupation ? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the emperor of China ploughing as an example to his kingdom My bees, above any other tenants of my farm, attract my attention and respect; I am astonished to see... | |
 | American fiction - 1927 - 554 pages
...added to that primary occupation? The father thus ploughing with his child, and to feed his family, is inferior only to the Emperor of China ploughing as an example to his kingdom. When I contemplate my wife, by my fire -side, while she either spins, knits, darns, or suckles our... | |
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... the odoriferous furrow exhilarates his spirits, and seems to do the child a great deal of good, for he looks more blooming since I have adopted that practice; can more pleasure, more dignity be added to that primary occupation? The father thus ploughing... 
