Famous Americans of Recent Times |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 48
Сторінка 8
... in a little log school - house , without windows or floor , one of a humming score of shoeless boys , where a good - natured , irritable , drinking English school- master taught him to read , write , and cipher as far as Practice .
... in a little log school - house , without windows or floor , one of a humming score of shoeless boys , where a good - natured , irritable , drinking English school- master taught him to read , write , and cipher as far as Practice .
Сторінка 16
... Henry Clay began in 1798 , being then twenty - one years of age , to write a series of articles for a newspaper , advocating the gradual abolition of slavery in Kentucky . He afterwards spoke on that side at public meetings .
... Henry Clay began in 1798 , being then twenty - one years of age , to write a series of articles for a newspaper , advocating the gradual abolition of slavery in Kentucky . He afterwards spoke on that side at public meetings .
Сторінка 47
Among his letters of 1843 there is one addressed to a friend who was about to write a pamphlet against the Abolitionists . Mr. Clay gave him an outline of what he thought the pamphlet ought to be . “ The great aim and object of your ...
Among his letters of 1843 there is one addressed to a friend who was about to write a pamphlet against the Abolitionists . Mr. Clay gave him an outline of what he thought the pamphlet ought to be . “ The great aim and object of your ...
Сторінка 52
Mr. Colton was a very honest gentleman , and not wanting in ability ; but writing , as he did , in Mr. Clay's own house , he became , as it were , enchanted by his subject . He was enamored of Mr. Clay to such a degree that his pen ran ...
Mr. Colton was a very honest gentleman , and not wanting in ability ; but writing , as he did , in Mr. Clay's own house , he became , as it were , enchanted by his subject . He was enamored of Mr. Clay to such a degree that his pen ran ...
Сторінка 69
... sometimes all moneyless together , all dunned the same time , and writing to one another for aid , — he was nevertheless as jovial a young fellow as any in New England . How merry and affectionate his letters to his young friends !
... sometimes all moneyless together , all dunned the same time , and writing to one another for aid , — he was nevertheless as jovial a young fellow as any in New England . How merry and affectionate his letters to his young friends !
Відгуки відвідувачів - Написати рецензію
Не знайдено жодних рецензій.
Інші видання - Показати все
Загальні терміни та фрази
able America appears Astor believe Burr Calhoun called captain carried cause character church Clay College Congress Constitution course Daniel desire dollars duty early effect election England fact father feeling five friends gave Girard give given hand happy heart Henry honor hundred India-rubber interest Jackson John kind labor land learned leave less letters lived look manner means mind nature never newspaper object once opinion party passed person political present President question Randolph readers reason received remained remarkable Republican respecting seemed ship soon South Southern speech success things thought thousand thousand dollars tion United Virginia Washington Webster whole writing York young youth