 We had so few books," he records in the exquisite fragment of autobiography he has left us, " that to read them once or twice was nothing. We thought they were all to be got by heart." How touching the story, so well known, of the mighty struggle and...  Famous Americans of Recent Times - Сторінка 63автори: James Parton - 1867 - 473 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Noah Porter - 1881 - 506 стор.
...so earnestly that he learned to repeat it. " We had so few books," he says, " that to read them Mice or twice was nothing ; we thought they were all to be got by heart." A small circulating library had been established in the neighborhood by his father and other persons,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1885 - 74 стор.
...sort of pamphlet. I took it, and very soon could repeat it from beginning to end. We had so few books, that to read them once or twice was nothing. We thought they were all to be got by heart." At the age of fourteen, ho was sent to Phillips Academy, in Exeter, NH. but remained only nine months... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 стор.
...sort of pamphlet I took it, and very soon could repeat it, from beginning to end. We had so few books that to read them once or twice was nothing. We thought they were all to be got by heart I have thought of this frequently since, when that sagacious admonition of one of the ancients (was... | |
 | 1889 - 450 стор.
...mastered it. Daniel Webster read few books, but read them thoroughly, He says : "We had so few books that to read them once or twice was nothing ; we thought they were all to be got by heart." It will occur to any reader that one of the first things he should do would be to master the books... | |
 | 1891 - 508 стор.
...sort of pamphlet. I took it, and very soon could repeat it from beginning to end. We had so few books, that to read them once or twice was nothing. We thought they were all to be got by heart." In 1796 Webster went to Exeter Academy, but poverty at home caused his withdrawal in February, 1797.... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1893 - 108 стор.
...sort of pamphlet. I took it, and very soon could repeat it from beginning to end. We had so few books, that to read them once or twice was nothing. We thought they were all to be got by heart." In 1796 Webster went to Exeter Academy, but poverty at home caused his withdrawal in February, 1797.... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1893 - 108 стор.
...sort of pamphlet. I took it, and very soon could repeat it from beginning to end. We had so few books, that to read them once or twice was nothing. We thought they were all to be got by heart." In 1796 Webster went to Exeter Academy, but poverty at home caused his withdrawal in February, 1797.... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1893 - 464 стор.
...he could repeat the contents of many books. He said : " We had so few books that to read them once was nothing ; we thought they were all to be got by heart." In early life even, his conversation was proof of his reading, — intelligent, graceful, and instructive.... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1893 - 446 стор.
...he could repeat the contents of many books. He said : " We had so few books that to read them once was nothing; we thought they were all to be got by heart." In early life even, his conversation was proof of his reading,— intelligent, graceful, and instructive.... | |
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