 | 1830 - 542 sider
...Thackeray's opinion of young Jones deserves to be mentioned ; he declared him to be a boy of so active a mind that, if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury...would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches. was an unfinished piece called "Limon,"* in. imitation of Cicero, "a writer- he was so fond of," says... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - 1832 - 200 sider
...compilation, and which may be strongly recommended to local preachers. a boy of so active a mind, that if lie were left naked and friendless on Salisbury plain,...would nevertheless find the road to fame and riches. Sir William Jones adopted and perseveringly exemplified the two following; maxims : — first, never... | |
 | 1833 - 444 sider
...that he was a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury Plam, he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and...study, when he would generally take coffee or tea, to keep off sleep. He had, even already, merely to divert his leisure, commenced his study of the law;... | |
 | 1832 - 858 sider
...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 were left naked and friendless on Salisbury...whole nights to study, when he would generally take coflee or tea, to keep off sleep. He had, even already, merely to divert his leisure, commenced his... | |
 | 1834 - 602 sider
...Thackeray, the master of Harrow, «aid, " so active was the mind of Jones, that if he were left, nuked and friendless, on Salisbury Plain, he 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,... | |
 | 1835 - 312 sider
...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... | |
 | 1835 - 492 sider
...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... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 sider
...school, that one of his masters was wont to say of him, " that if he were left naked and friendless <"i Salisbury Plain, he would, nevertheless, find the...ward off sleep — a practice, however, which •was any thing but commendable. He had already, merely to• divert his leisure hours, commenieed the study... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 sider
...discovered the worth of his young pupil, and used to say of him that "Jones was a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury...he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and fortune." After Dr Thackeray's retirement from Harrow, young Jones continued his studies under the... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 sider
...discovered the worth of his young pupil, and used to say of him that "Jones was a boy of so active a mind, that if he were left naked and friendless on Salisbury...he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and fortune." After Dr Thackeray's retirement from Harrow, young Jones continued his studies under the... | |
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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. 
