 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1857 - 628 pages
...eyes, you may give him mine if you please; or you can name him for his uncle, poor little Charles. I believe we are all indebted to my father's mother, for a large portion of the little sense and character which belongs to UB. Her name was Susannah Bachelder ; she was the daughter of a clergyman,... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - Sermons, American - 1877 - 472 pages
...grandmother (Bachelder by name) was of the dark and bilious mould and temperament. Mr. Webster said in 1840: "We are all indebted to my father's mother for a large portion of the little sense and character that belongs to us." The boy Daniel was of her type, not of the Scottish pattern, —... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - Lectures and lecturing - 1877 - 470 pages
...grandmother (Bachelder by name) was of the dark and bilious mould and temperament. Mr. Webster said in 1840: "We are all indebted to my father's mother for a large portion of the little sense and character that belongs to us." The boy Daniel was of her type, not of the Scottish pattern, —... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1903 - 678 pages
...eyes, you may give him mine if you please ; or you can name him for his uncle, poor little Charles. I believe we are all indebted to my father's mother, for a large portion of the little sense and character which belongs to os. Her name was Susannah Bachelder ; she was the daughter of a clergyman,... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - New Hampshire - 1904 - 382 pages
...national Senate, said: — " As the boy has dark hair and eyes, you may give him my name, if you please. I believe we are all indebted to my father's mother for a large portion of the little sense and character which belong to us. Her name was Susanna Bachelder; she was the daughter of a clergyman,... | |
 | 1901 - 404 pages
...Wing was the great-great aunt of the mother of Daniel Webster. Webster once wrote to his son Fletcher: "I believe we are all indebted to my father's mother...the little sense which belongs to us. Her name was Susanna Bachelderjshe was descended from a clergyman and a woman of uncommon strength and understanding."... | |
 | 1946 - 300 pages
...with black eyes and hair, according to tradition.* Daniel Webster wrote to his son Fletcher March 5, 1840: "I believe we are all indebted to my father's...mother for a large portion of the little sense which belong to us. Her name was Susanna Bachelder; she was the descendent of a clergyman and a woman of... | |
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I believe we are all indebted to my father's mother, for a large portion of the little sense and character which belongs to us. Her name was Susannah Bachelder; she was the daughter of a clergyman, and a woman of uncommon strength of understanding. If... 