 I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending...  Tait's Edinburgh magazine - Page 4271857Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 866 pages
...how do you think I managed Î I betook myself to mending my neighbours clocks and watches at nights, after my daily labour was done, and thus I procured the means of educating my son.' Thus when Robert was twelve, he sent mm to a good school in Newcastle, to which he rode daily on a... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 668 pages
...school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man, and how do yon think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and....and thus I procured the means of educating my son ! ' His son fully repaid him for the self-denial. He displayed intellectual powers of no ordinary character,... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1879 - 430 pages
...and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a a poor man ; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and...and thus I procured the means of educating my son." The incident which obtained George the fame of being an engine -doctor, arose from an atmospheric engine... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 254 pages
...training as I could afford to give him. I was, however, a poor man ; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and watches at night after my daily labour was done. By this means I saved money, which I put by ; and in course of time I was thus enabled to give my son... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1881 - 506 pages
...school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man ; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and...and thus I procured the means of educating my son.' 25 After the death of his wife, in 1804, Stephenson accepted an invitation to become engine-driver... | |
 | John F. Layson - 1881 - 316 pages
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 | John F. Layson - 1881 - 140 pages
...how do you think I managed 1 I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and watches at nights, after my daily labour was done, and thus I procured the means of educating my son." The paternal solicitude and forethought thus manifested were conspicuously rewarded in the brilliant... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1882 - 514 pages
...managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbors' clocks and watches at night, after my daily labor was done, and thus I procured the means of educating my son." After the death of his wife, in 1804, Stephenson accepted an invitation to become engine-driver at... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1883 - 426 pages
...school and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man, and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and...and thus I procured the means of educating my son!" But at this period of his life he did other work besides mending clocks ; he invented a " fleg craw... | |
 | Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1883 - 548 pages
...school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man ; and how do you think I managed. I betook myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and...and thus I procured the means of educating my son. He became my assistant and my companion. He got an appointment as under reviewer, and at night we worked... | |
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