 | 1804 - 574 pages
...he give of Jones in private was, 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. ' Of his juvenile compositions in prose and verse, the early fruits of rare talents and unbounded industry,... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1809 - 516 pages
...it to be his opinion, that " Jones was a boy " of so active a mind, that if he were to be left naked and ** friendless on Salisbury Plain, he would nevertheless find " the road to fortune and to fame." The good sense and candour of this judicious preceptor in pointing out the general... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...his esteem, confessed in private 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." When Dr. Sumner succeeded Dr. Thackeray in 1761, he more publicly distinguished Mr. Jones, as one whose... | |
 | Juvenile biography - Brothers and sisters - 1824 - 170 pages
...perfect in Greek than himself, and 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. Henry. I suppose his school-fellows were very fond of him, as he so frequently assisted them in writing... | |
 | English literature - 1830 - 542 pages
...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 Plain, he 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 484 pages
...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. At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would generally... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...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. At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to stndy, When he would generally... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - Lay ministry - 1832 - 200 pages
...be strongly recommended to local preachers. a boy of so active a mind, that if lie were left naked and friendless on Salisbury plain, he would nevertheless find the road to fame and riches. Sir William Jones adopted and perseveringly exemplified the two following; maxims : — first, never... | |
 | 1832 - 858 pages
...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. At this time he was frequently in the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would generally... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...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 plain 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. 
