 | Heredity - 1844 - 220 pages
...perfectly innate were those talents, that, at the age of fifteen, his teacher, Dr. Thackeray said, that " he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches." The following warm-hearted tribute of affection and respect, from the pen of the bishop of Cologne,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...William Jones, when he was a youth, like yourself. " Jones," said Dr. Thackeray, one of his tutors, " is a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked...he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and fortune." And so he did, Papa ; but every one cannot expect to be like Sir W. Jones, or so successful... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...exceeded in amount his prescribed tasks ; and Dr. Thackeray, one of his masters, was wont to say of him, that he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches. At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would generally... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...prescribed task. Such was his activity at school, that one of his masters was wont to say of him, " that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches." At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would generally... | |
 | My old pupils - 1849 - 212 pages
...exceeded in amount his prescribed tasks ; and Dr. Thackeray, one of his masters, used to say of him, that he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches. At this time he used frequently to devote whole nights to study ; taking tea or coffee to keep him... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...became affected; and Dr. Thackeray, the master of Harrow, said, " so active was the mind of Jones, that if he were left, naked and friendless, on Salisbury...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches." In 1764, he was entered at University College, Oxford, in opposition to the wishes of his friends,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...became affected ; and Dr. Thackeray, the master of Harrow, said, " so active was the mind of Jones, d, Harmoniously, As arts or arms they understand,...They Scotia's race among them share ; Some fire the In 1764, he was entered at University College, Oxford, in opposition to the wishes of his friends,... | |
 | John George Edgar - Biography - 1851 - 558 pages
...Dr. Thackeray, at that time master at Harrow, declared the mind of Jones to be so active, that if ho were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain,...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches. On leaving school, his relations wished him to be placed forthwith, to be initiated into the mysteries... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 300 pages
...exceeded in amount his prescribed tasks ; and Dr. Thackeray, one of his masters, was wont to say of him, that he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches. At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would generally... | |
 | George L. Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 894 pages
...in amount with his prescribed tasks ; and Dr. Thackeray, one of his masters, was wont to say of him, that he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he...he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and liches. At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would... | |
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Thackeray, one of his masters, was wont to say of him, that he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain, he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches. 
