He was a person for study as well as action ; and hence, notwithstanding the difficulties through which he passed in his youth, he attained unto a notable skill in languages : the Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular to him as the English ; the... Old South Leaflets: General series - Page 81896Full view - About this book
| Cotton Mather - New England - 1853 - 732 pages
...passed in his youth, he attained to a notable skill in languages: the Dutch tongue was become almost vernacular to him as the English ; the French tongue he could also ; the Latin and the Greek he had mastered; but the Hebrew he ist of all studied, "Because," he said,... | |
| William Carlos Martyn - Massachusetts - 1867 - 486 pages
...Christian ruler. We are assured by Cotton Mather that Bradford was " a person for study as well as for action ; and hence, notwithstanding the difficulties through which he passed in his boyhood, he attained a notable skill in languages. The Dutch tongue was almost ° He died in 1657,... | |
| New England - 1891 - 866 pages
...like so many of the early American governors, a man of some scholarship. Cotton Mather says of him : " He was a person for study as well as action ; and...English ; the French tongue he could also manage ; the I^tin and the Greek he had mastered ; but the Hebrew he most of all studied, because, he said, he would... | |
| Eliza Paddock Waters Sisson - 1885 - 42 pages
...history of the Pilgrims. Mather thus concludes his notice of our author (Governor William Bradford): "He was a person for study as well as action and hence,...notwithstanding the difficulties through which he passed in youth, he attained unto a notable skill in languages : the Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular... | |
| Edward Arber - Massachusetts - 1897 - 666 pages
...had by a former wife ; he had also two sons and a daughter by another, whom he married in this land. He was a person for study as well as action : and...French tongue he could also manage. The Latin and Greek he had mastered. But the Hebrew, he most of all studied, Because, he said, he would see with... | |
| Richard Salter Storrs - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 600 pages
...representatives. No fleets of galleons brought them over. They came in coarse clothing, not in rai1 "He was a person for study, as well as action; and...Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular to him a* the English ; the French tongue he could also manage ; the Latin and the Greek he had mastered ;... | |
| Richard Salter Storrs - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 600 pages
...representatives. No fleets of galleons brought them over. They came in coarse clothing, not in rai1 " He was a person for study, as well as action; and...difficulties through which he passed in his youth, be attained unto a notable skill in languages: the Dutch tongue was become almost as vermicular to... | |
| Charles Stedman Hanks - Massachusetts - 1907 - 372 pages
...Of him Cotton Mather wrote: " He was a person for study as well as action, and attained unto a most notable skill in languages. The Dutch tongue was become...French tongue he could also manage; the Latin and Greek he had mastered, but the Hebrew most of all he studied because, as he said, he ' would see with... | |
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