 | 1851 - 604 Seiten
...often drove the farmers' horses, weeded the corn, and assisted in all labor. From her earliest youth & game, such as cricket, or even in swimming in the water, &c. At the nge of sixteen, she obtained a... | |
 | John Ashton - 1894 - 238 Seiten
...in spinning wool ; in the summer months she often drove the farmers' horses, weeded their corn, &c. From her earliest years she had always an ambition...farm-house (Mr. Moon's, Bradford, near Witheridge). She stayed there two years, looking after children ; at this place she often carried a sack of corn or... | |
 | Margaret Russett - 2006 - 19 Seiten
...be said for Mary Baker, who as a child was judged to have a "wild disposition," apparently because "she had always an ambition to excel her companions,...playing at cricket, swimming in the water, or fishing." At her first job she "endeavour[ed] to do more than the labouring men" (Caraboo 28). Caraboo's sovereign... | |
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She stayed there two years, looking after children ; at this place she often carried a sack of corn or apples on her back, endeavouring to do more than the labouring men. 