 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...then, such was the rare promise of his childhood, that his master is said to have described him as " a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain ^he would find the way to fame and riches." He found the way to both. In 1764 he was entered at University College,... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...became affected ; and Dr. Thackeray, the master of Harrow, said, " so active was the mind of Jones, = 0 RA, @ | M > ԑ [ G| K & M... $ "kٽ_ 7 ?x p Ջ 듛 [ \ _ In 1764, he was entered at University College, Oxford, in opposition to the wishes of his friends,... | |
 | Biography - 1838 - 482 pages
...became most rapid ; and the head master, Dr. Thackeray, a man not given to praise, spoke of him as " a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain, he would find the way to fame and riches." At the time of his quitting school, besides a much deeper acquaintance... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...Thackeray, the master of Harrow, said, " яо active was the mind of Jones, that if he were left, nuked 's lame and riches." In 1764, ho was entered at university College, Oxford, in opposition to the wishes... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 518 pages
...head-master of the school, formed of the talents of his pupil, that he used to say that ' if Jones were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain,...riches.' Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion of the abilities of Jones ; he has been known to declare ' that Jones... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 pages
...head-master of the school, formed of the talents of his pupil, that he used to say that ' if Jones were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain,...riches.' Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion uf the abilities of Jones ; he has been known to declare ' that Jones... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 1004 pages
...head-master of the school, formed of the talents of his pupil, that he used to say that ' if Jones were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain,...riches.' Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who hadan equally high opinion of the abilities of Jones ; he has been known to declare ' that Jones... | |
 | 1839 - 518 pages
...head-master of the school, formed of the talents of his pupil, that he used to say that ' if Jones were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plain,...riches." Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion of the abilities of Jones ; he has been known to declare ' that Jones... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 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... | |
 | Eliza Slater - 1843 - 238 pages
...exceeding his prescribed task. Such was his activity at school, that one of his masters said of him, " If he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches." MAD. DE STAEL. AD. De Stael, when quite a child, was the constant companion of her father, M. Necker,... | |
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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. 
