 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 lehte
...speaking upon the contents of some historical and scientific book. " These off-hand efforts," he says, " were made sometimes in a cornfield, at others in the...unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and ox for my auditors. It is to this early practice in the great art of all arts that I am indebted for... | |
 | John Albert Broadus - 1874 - 436 lehte
...mentioned that during his early life in Kentucky, he " commenced and continued for years, the practice of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of some historical or scientific book. These oft-hand efforts were made sometimes in a cornfield, at others in the forest, and not unfrequently... | |
 | Patrick Fairbairn, James Dodds - 1875 - 412 lehte
...single fact, namely, that at the age of twenty-seven I commenced and continued for years the practice of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of...unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and the ox for my auditors. It is to this early practice of the great art of all arts that I am indebted... | |
 | Samuel McAll - 1875 - 144 lehte
...single fact, namely, that at the age of twenty-seven I commenced, and continued for years, the practice of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of...unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and the ox for my auditors. It is to this early practice of the great art of all arts that I am indebted... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 448 lehte
...owe my success in life," said he, " chiefly to one circumstance — that at the age of twentyseven I commenced, and continued for years, the process...unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and the ox for my auditors. It is to this early practice of die art of all arts that 1 am indebted for... | |
 | John Albert Broadus - 1876 - 530 lehte
...mentioned that during his early life in Kentucky, he " commenced, and continued for years, the practice of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of...unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and the ox for my auditors." We are told that the Indian orators of the Six Nations were known to practise... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 478 lehte
...xxx, 397. — " ! owe my success in life to one single fact ; viz., that »t the age of twenty-seven, I commenced, and continued for years, the process...and speaking upon the contents of some historical and scientific book." Henry Clay, Liv. Age, Ixiii, 398. — Of romances, evils of unchecked : Ib.,... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 lehte
...xxx, 397. — " I owe my success in life to one single fact ; viz., that at the age of twenty-seven, I commenced, and continued for years, the process...and speaking upon the contents of some historical and scientific book." Henry Clay, Liv. Age, Ixiii, 398. — Of romances, evils of unchecked : Ib.,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 464 lehte
...contents of some historical or scientific book. " These off-hand efforts," he says, " were sometimes made in a cornfield, at others in the forest, and not unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and ox for my auditors. It is to this early practice in the great art of all arts, that I am indebted for... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 476 lehte
...but mainly to the fact that he began at the age of twenty-seven, and for years continued the practice of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of...historical or scientific book. " These off-hand efforts," he says, " were sometimes made in a cornfield, at others in the forest, and not unfrequently in some... | |
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I owe my success in life to one single fact, namely, at the age of twentyseven I commenced, and continued for years, the process of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of some historical or scientific book. These off-hand efforts... 
