 | Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...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 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 - 1837 - 530 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... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...Thackeray, the master of Harrow, said, " so active was the mind of Jones, that if he were left, naked h others equally supported ; a principle, plendcr, as at that early age he had made such a voluntary progress in legal acquirements, as to be... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...friendless, on Salisbury Plain, he would, nevertheless, find the road to lame and riches." In 1764, ho the elevated boy ! " Another spring !" his heart...with promised blessings rise .' — ETEHSAL POWER Huperintendence of some special pleader, as at that early age he had made such a voluntary progress... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...Harrow, mid, " so active was the mind of Jones, that if he were left, naked and friendless, on Salishury Plain, he would, nevertheless, find the road to fame and riches." In I764, he was entered at University College, Oxford, in opposition to the wishes of his friends, who... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 518 pages
...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, he would nevertheless find the road to fame and riches.' Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion of the abilities of Jones... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 pages
...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, he would nevertheless find the road to fame and riches.' Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion uf the abilities of Jones... | |
 | 1839 - 518 pages
...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, he would nevertheless find the road to fame and riches." Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion of the abilities of Jones... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 1000 pages
...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, he would nevertheless find the road to fame and riches.' Dr. Thackeray was succeeded by Dr. Sumner, who had an equally high opinion of the abilities of Jones... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 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... | |
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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. 
