 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - History - 1866 - 382 pages
...their, to me, dark sayings. I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it ; and when I thought...it South, and bounded it East, and bounded it West. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you observe in my speeches, though I never put the two... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - History - 1866 - 364 pages
...their, to me, dark sayings. I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it ; and when I thought...thought, till I have bounded it North, and bounded it Southland* bounded it East, and bounded it West. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you observe... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Presidents - 1867 - 510 pages
...to me, dark sayings. " I could not sleep, although I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it : and, when I thought...it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west. " But your question reminds me of a bit of education which I am bound in honesty to mention. In the... | |
 | Literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...I thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over, until I had pat it in language plain enough, as I thought, for any...it south and bounded it east and bounded it west. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you observe in my speeches, though I never put the two... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1872 - 370 pages
...sayings. I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until J^ had caught it ; and when I thought I had got it, I...it South, and bounded it East, and bounded it West. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you observe in my speeches, though I never -put the two... | |
 | Daniel F. Miller - Oratory - 1880 - 204 pages
...plain enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend. This was a kind of passion with me ; it has stuck by me ; for I am never easy now, when...south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west." first of the Supreme Court of Iowa, and next of the Circuit Court of the United States, gave him superior... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by rne ; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought,...it South, and bounded it East, and bounded it West. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you observe in my speeches, though I never put the two... | |
 | 1927 - 844 pages
...decisions, for Lincoln said of himself that in "handling a thought" he was never easy " till he had bounded it North and bounded it South and bounded it East and bounded it West." Mr. Cleveland bounded a subject on all sides before he reached a conclusion; then he was immovable,... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - American literature - 1891 - 494 pages
...their, to me, dark sayings. I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it ; and when I thought...it south and bounded it east and bounded it west. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you observe in my speeches, though I never put the two... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...put it into my own language. It has become a kind of passion with me — has stuck to me. I am not easy now when I am handling a thought till I have bounded it north, south, east, and west. Perhaps that accounts for the characteristic you spoke of, though I never put... | |
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I could not sleep, though I often tried to, when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until I had caught it ; and when I thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over, until I had put it in language plain enough, as I... 
