 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 748 strani
...to pursue his law studies, and finally enters an office in Salis' bury, NC, at the age of eighteen. Of his residence in that pleasant old town, Mr. Parton...Salisbury.' Add to this such expressions as these: 'He did not trouble the law books much,' 'he was more in the stable than in the office,' 'he was the... | |
 | James Parton - 1861 - 682 strani
...merry young blades often quaffed their landlord's punch, and tossed up to decide who should pay for it. Salisbury teems with traditions respecting the residence...Salisbury." Add to this such expressions as these: " He did not trouble the law-books much;" " he was more in the stable than in the office;" " he was... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1867 - 708 strani
...a faint love for his Carolina relations, and was probably regarded as the scapegrace of the family. 'Salisbury teems with traditions respecting the residence...Salisbury.' Add to this such expressions as these: 'He did not trouble the law books much,' 'he was more in the stable than in the office,' 'he was the... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 524 strani
...studying law. He is still vividly remembered in the traditions of Salisbury, which traditions say, — " Andrew Jackson was the most roaring, rollicking, .gamecocking,...card-playing, mischievous fellow that ever lived in Salisbury. He did not trouble the law-books much. He was more in the stable than in the office. He was the head... | |
 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 strani
...now began to betray that taste for horseflesh which became such a decided passion in after life, lie ran races and rode races, gambled a little, drank...Salisbury.' Add to this such expressions as these : ' He did not trouble the law books much,' ' He was more in the stable than in the office,' ' He was... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - 1883 - 612 strani
...remained two years in this office, studying some, but frolicking more. One biographer says of him : "He was the most roaring, rollicking, game-cocking, horse-racing,...mischievous fellow that ever lived in Salisbury." At twenty years old, six feet and one inch in his stockings, slender, graceful in his movements and... | |
 | Charles Henry Peck - 1899 - 508 strani
...boisterous sports of the neighborhood. According to an old resident of the place, who informed Parton, young Jackson " was the most roaring, rollicking, gamecocking,...mischievous fellow that ever lived in Salisbury." From the scanty accounts of this period of his life, we learn that the most marked talent he exhibited... | |
 | 1906 - 762 strani
...Over none has a thicker crust of legend and misrepresentation accumulated." He is described as being " the most roaring, rollicking, game-cocking, horse-racing,...mischievous fellow that ever lived in Salisbury." The exact chronicle of his duels would fill an Iliad, and he regretted to his dying day that he had... | |
 | Edward Thomas Roe - 1911 - 512 strani
...notoriously irreligious in his early manhood and mature life. As a youth at Salisbury, he is described as "the most roaring, rollicking, game-cocking, horse-racing,...cardplaying, mischievous fellow that ever lived in the town." After his retirement from the Presidency he became converted and joined the Presbyterian... | |
 | Edward Thomas Roe - 1916 - 518 strani
...notoriously irreligious in his early manhood and mature life. As a youth at Salisbury, he is described as "the most roaring, rollicking, game-cocking, horseracing,...card-playing, mischievous fellow that ever lived in the town." After his retirement from the Presidency he became converted and joined the Presbyterian... | |
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Jackson was the most roaring, rollicking, game-cocking, horse-racing, card-playing, mischievous fellow that ever lived in Salisbury.' Add to this such expressions as these : ' He did not trouble the law books much,' ' He was more in the stable than in... 
