 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 552 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather...in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history. His correspondence became necessarily extensive, and, with journalising... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rat hit diffusely, in an easy and correct style. This he had...in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and EngWi history. His correspondence became necessarily extensive, and, with journalizing... | |
 | 1830 - 592 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather...and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying in a later : day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 550 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather...merely reading, writing, and common arithmetic, to wliich he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little,... | |
 | 1830 - 658 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct ityle. This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing,... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather...in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history. His correspondence became necessarily extensive, and, with journalizing... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...unready. short. and embarrassed. Yet ho wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct stylo. This he had acquired by conversation with the world,...in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history. His correspondence became necessarily extensive, and, with journalizing... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - 1833 - 408 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short and embarrassed; yet he wrote readily, rather...with the world; for his education was merely reading, writ^ ing and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed... | |
 | 1843 - 854 pages
...sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in au easy and correct style. This he had acquired by conversation...and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history.... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather...in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history. His correspondence became necessarily extensive, and, with journalizing... | |
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This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing, and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture... 
