 It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early, that when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the...  Webster and His Master-pieces - Página 26por Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 498 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 490 páginas
...distinguished origin a matter of personal merit, or obscure origin a matter of personal reproach. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. It did happen to me to be born in a log-cabin, raised amid the snowdrifts of New Hampshire, at a period so... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 488 páginas
...distinguished origin a matter of personal merit, or obscure origin a matter of personal reproach. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. It did happen to me to be born in a log-cabin, raised amid the snowdrifts of New Hampshire, at a period so... | |
 | William Benton Chamberlain - 1897 - 516 páginas
...papers spoke of his 'log cabin ' and his use of ' hard cider,' by way of sneer and reproach. . . . brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised...snowdrifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke rose from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar... | |
 | 1899 - 542 páginas
...poor boys. Before a great multitude of men, in a public speech, Mr. Webster bore this testimony : " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin,...snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that when the smoke rose first from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there was no... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 542 páginas
...poor boys. Before a great multitude of men, in a public speech, Mr. Webster bore this testimony : " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin,...snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that when the smoke rose first from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there was no... | |
 | 1900 - 526 páginas
...have been poor boys. Before a great multitude, in a public speech, Mr. Webster bore this testimony : " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin,...snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that when the smoke rose first from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills there was no... | |
 | Edwin MacMinn - 1900 - 602 páginas
...heing held up by their fathers to tomahawk the dying victims at the stake." Daniel Webster says : " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin, but my elder brothers and sisters were — in a log cabin raised amidst the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that when... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 458 páginas
...poor boys. \ Before a great multitude of men, in a public speech, Mr. Webster bore this testimony: — "It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin,...snowdrifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that when the smoke rose first from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there was no... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 264 páginas
...who had pushed furthest into the northern wilderness. In a speech at Saratoga in 1840, Webster said : "It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin...snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was... | |
 | William Cleaves Todd - 1901 - 250 páginas
...Mr. Webster thus spoke of his father's early condition, which cannot be too often quoted : " A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed...not happen to me to be born in a log cabin, but my older brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised among the snow-drifts of New Hampshire,... | |
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