 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 - Pagina 26di Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 498 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1865 - 838 pagine
...shallow-minded pretenders who make distinguished origin either a matter of personal honor or 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 among the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1846 - 440 pagine
...and civilization, are sufficiently in point, to deserve a repetition here. His remarks are : — " 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 amid the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early, as that when... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 640 pagine
...rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. Gentlemen, 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... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 642 pagine
...of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be bom in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters...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... | |
 | Litchfield County (Conn.) - 1851 - 440 pagine
...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 among the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 672 pagine
...foolish enough to indulge in them, and they are generally sufficiently punished by public rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 644 pagine
...foolish enough to indulge in them, and they are generally sufficiently punished by public rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1852 - 82 pagine
...Webster's birthplace is the following extract from one of his speeches, delivered at Saratoga, in 1840: " It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin;...and sisters were born in a log cabin raised amid the snow drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early as that, when the smoke first rose from its rude... | |
 | 1856 - 396 pagine
...sufficiently punished by the published rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of hia early condition. It did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin, but my older brothers and sisters were bora in a log cabin, raised among the snow drifts of New Hampshire,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...great public assembly at Saratoga, in the year 1840. " It did not happen to me to be born in a Jog cabin; but my elder brothers and sisters were born...snowdrifts 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... | |
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