| 单词 | self-educated |
| 例句 | The only child of immigrant parents, orphaned at the age of twelve, self-educated, hard-working Samuel Westing saved his laborer's wages and bought a small paper mill. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I could stand my ground in calculus and physics with any straight-A student, and I was very proud of that, because in many ways I was self-educated. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was kindhearted, highly self-educated, and had an uproarious sense of humor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But as the largely self-educated son of a Kentucky farmer, he wasn’t able to tap into the knowingly arcane by-ways of classical history with which his predecessors were able to signal their patrician credentials. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Apart from prison literacy courses, he said, he was entirely self-educated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Devouring books she supplied, Mr. Echols, who grew up in near poverty, became an erudite, self-educated man and a professed Buddhist. Movie Review: ‘West of Memphis,’ by Amy Berg, on ‘West Memphis Three’ 2012-12-24T21:26:52Z A self-educated man, a victim of the Depression, unable to go to college, my father will forever represent for me what it is to be a true intellectual. Thanksgiving, my father's last supper 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Wholly self-educated as an animator, he made a point of meticulously analyzing other animated films, including Disney’s “Frozen,” before making “Your Name.” The Most Popular Anime of All Time Comes to America 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z He was a self-educated man and he had a thirst for knowledge. 'Hope has started to grow': Maxine Peake on Corbyn, people power and Peterloo’s radical legacy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z I tell everyone I’m self-educated, but it’s a lie. Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero is still painting, still loves cars and still defends ugly palm trees 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z His Cromwell is unfairly maligned, a "pioneer and principled statesman who set the country on the road to parliamentary democracy", and furthermore a "self-educated visionary" motivated by a "yearning to serve his country". TV review: Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell 2013-05-25T07:00:27Z “My father was a self-educated man with this inner energy and I think that’s what speaks to people.” Bruce Lee's daughter on resurrecting his lost TV epic: 'We righted the wrong' 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z A voracious reader, he became a self-educated art historian and a well-informed generalist whose knowledge awed his friends, including well-known artists. Rene Ricard, Art Arbiter With Wildean Wit, Dies at 67 2014-02-07T01:26:22Z Peacock, Meredith and Montaigne were all self-educated, in the way you describe yourself. Interview: Gore Vidal 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Toward this end, in spite of being extremely sharp and self-educated, she often plays dumb in order to escape meeting people and telling them her story. New French Fiction: From Farm to Table, With Feasting in Between 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Yet as a self-educated product of the working-class, he never found acceptance with the social elite. Alfred Russel Wallace by Tim Flannery 2011-02-26T00:07:55Z Indian film stars and politicians alike issued messages of praise and condolences, while the prime minister lamented the loss of a "self-educated son of the soil." Bollywood strongman Dara Singh dies at 84 2012-07-12T11:44:13Z A dandy, boulevardier and self-educated litterateur, Mr. Sonnenberg consulted only his own taste, backing it with substantial paychecks to his writers, some well known and others not. Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73 2010-06-26T01:00:00Z Largely self-educated, McGrath found solace devouring literature, poetry and philosophy, and came to see himself as a Proustian character. Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled With Rare Recordings. 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “Joan was essentially self-educated when it came to the rest of the world,” he said in an email. Joan Didion and the Western Spirit 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z He was self-educated and a natural leader, who eventually was betrayed and murdered by his enemies in 1840. Why I support Salvadoran President Bukele, the scourge of gangs and corrupt politicians 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Dr Croft said he did and added he was an independent "educated and self-educated observer". Scottish Covid inquiry: Families condemn 'shameful' first day 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Humphries excelled at art and English, and largely ignored the rest of the school curriculum, later writing in Who's Who? that he was "self-educated" and attended Melbourne Grammar School. Barry Humphries: The satirist and comedian whose life was dominated by Dame Edna Everage 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Joe’s ego is bolstered by the praise, but what our autodidact quickly realizes is that he’s not among other undiscovered, self-educated writers who spill their guts like Glenn advertised. Review | ‘You’ may be wrapping up, but Joe Goldberg lives on in a new book 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The self-educated Freer often proved himself a discerning connoisseur. Freer Gallery celebrates its namesake and his eye for Egyptian art 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Dugin is a self-educated political philosopher known for pushing a vision of a more powerful, aggressive Russia. Daria Dugina, the daughter of an influential Russian writer, was killed on a highway west of Moscow. 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z “He endured racism without becoming bitter,” Senator Raphael Warnock writes of his father, a self-educated pastor and Army veteran. A Medical Frontier 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z He was a mostly self-educated man, born in Bogotá, Colombia, who assembled a broad knowledge of many subjects and never tired of good books, passionate discussions and telling the truth as he saw it. Pablo Sánchez, longtime Washington correspondent and producer for Univision, dies of covid-19 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Fiennes, equally at home as a debonair aristocrat or as evil incarnate, here grounds the movie as the sturdy Basil, a self-educated polymath, long underappreciated in a field that values diplomas over field work. Review: 'The Dig' unearths rich emotions in an England on the brink of war 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Antares is a self-educated writer, musician and philosopher. Newnan woman visits ‘Magick River’ in Malaysia 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Gibson, 51, a self-educated ornithologist, decided to leave the store in the hands of Ms. Gibson in 2014 and relocate to Maine to live near his older brother, Mark. Birdcamp Could Close. People Are Panicking 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “He spent a tremendous amount of time reading, and so he is somewhat self-educated.” Searching for the Next Bobby Fischer, the U.S. Finds Fabi 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z I suggested that he let Giarratano — possibly the most self-educated man in the prison — teach a course on alternatives to violence. Opinion | Joe Giarratano’s freedom came not a moment too soon 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The self-educated entrepreneur and commercial real estate owner built his own home and idolized Warren Buffet. After drowning tragedy, South Dakota family pulls together 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Douglass’s story — born into slavery, self-educated, then a scholar and a revolutionary lauded across the globe — is still the story of today’s America. Trump’s gaffe on Frederick Douglass isn’t the problem. Relegating him to Black History Month is. 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Science in the nineteenth century was dominated by men, and Chevalier shows how Anning and her self-educated friend Elizabeth Philpot battled for recognition. Tales of wonder : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z “She is a self-educated person in the best sense,” Steinem said. Meet one of Hillary Clinton's biggest donors in California. They hardly ever talk politics 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z In the late 1800s, a self-educated Vermont farmer by the name of Wilson Bentley made the first successful image, or “photomicrograph,” of a single snowflake. No Two Alike: The First Photos of Snowflakes 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Sinatra was a self-educated man, a lifelong reader, mainly of biographies. Still Attuned to Sinatra at 100 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Andrew Carnegie was self-educated and pious, in the style of his times. Paul Allen’s Philanthropy Mirrors His Passions and Business Approach 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z While the sales cycle may take longer to close, the cost per acquisition will be much lower, and your prospects will be self-educated by the time they speak to you, he says. 5 Tips For Generating Business Leads On LinkedIn 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The programme will also explore how their self-educated father, who grew up in poor, rural Ireland, encouraged his children to become passionate about literature. TV drama to explore Bronte family life - BBC News 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z In his quest for an autism cure, Mitchell has become a self-educated observer of neuroscience, highly adept at explaining the brain. The Debate Over an Autism Cure Turns Violent 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Bucks County’s David Fraser has done both, battling Legionnaire’s disease in Philadelphia and Lassa fever in West Africa, and as a self-educated expert and practitioner of textile skills at least a thousand years old. Craftsman takes textile art in new directions 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Partly because his family couldn’t afford college fees, he was largely self-educated. War Was Always Hell 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z His father, a self-educated bookkeeper, was an office manager for a general contractor. Henry Hartsfield Jr. Is Dead at 80; Flew, With Fortune, on 3 Shuttles 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z It was a Jewish Czech war hero whose mother died in Auschwitz; a self-educated son of a peasant farmer who spoke 10 languages. The forgotten story of … Robert Maxwell’s 1986 Commonwealth Games 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z He is highly observant, always a realist, never impulsive, and expertly self-educated, a brilliant example of a certain type of intelligence. Horseracing in literature: a commentary 2013-04-05T10:08:16Z The author of the letter, send to gentleman geologist C. Darwin, was a certain Alfred Russel Wallace, a self-educated naturalist born January 8, 1823 in the Welsh town of Usk. The Forgotten Naturalist: Alfred Russel Wallace 2013-01-09T22:15:13.393Z Although self-educated in earth sciences, Dana is highly regarded by other geologists as a real pro. And now we're One! 2012-07-06T11:45:03.067Z Even Mr. Burns, the Socialist Labour leader, and self-educated man, sought contact with society. My Mission to London 1912-1914 2012-04-17T02:00:14.497Z The legion of "self-educated" men who adorn our age should not be without this useful companion, for, by its aid, the blunders of speech more particularly common to them would be advantageously avoided.—Citizen. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z And she made one, although she was largely self-educated in the field, leaving art school in Chicago to study informally on her own by roaming the Art Institute there. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101 2012-02-02T04:37:34Z Mostly, I self-educated by reading biology books that my father brought home from the university library. A Conversation With Ruslan M. Medzhitov: A Long Journey to Immune System Insights 2012-01-30T22:56:26Z Mr. Gao, a self-educated lawyer who advocated democratic reforms and defended political and religious dissenters, was convicted in 2006 of state subversion. Missing Chinese Lawyer Given New Prison Term 2011-12-16T18:41:13Z It explained how he boldly discarded conventional wisdom and embraced the advanced statistical analysis preached by a small band of radical baseball outsiders, inspired by the self-educated statistician Bill James. For Billy Beane, Winning Isn?t Everything 2011-09-23T18:27:07Z As a matter of fact, capriciously self-educated as he was, his ignorance of ordinary rudimentary knowledge was as extraordinary as his acquaintance with much that is caviar to the ordinary intellect. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z "So there's a new generation of self-educated working men, who start sharing their ideas and forming more effective and radical political movements and unions." Time please 2011-08-04T00:39:08Z To a poorly paid self-educated minister to whom I am deeply indebted for the first introduction to my master. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z He was a more or less self-educated, well read man, a most interesting companion and a keen debater, though rather prone to excitement in argument. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Losing his father in childhood, he was in early years self-educated, and made himself able to profit by the instructions of the humanist, Baptista Egnatius in Venice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The most severe form, “bianguan,” or “surveillance and restriction,” is similar to what Chen Guangcheng, a blind, self-educated lawyer, is undergoing. Letter from China: Out of Jail in China, but Not Free 2011-03-09T12:00:50Z Self-made and self-educated, he had accomplished a good job of it. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z But he was profoundly self-educated and well read. Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92 2010-06-28T11:12:00Z “Gardner has an old-fashioned, almost 19th-century, Oliver Wendell Holmes kind of American mind — self-educated, opinionated, cranky and utterly unafraid of embarrassment,” Adam Gopnik wrote in The New York Times Book Review in 1999. Martin Gardner, Puzzler and Polymath, Dies at 95 2010-05-24T01:55:00Z Her unusual talent seems all the more remarkable when it is known that she is practically self-educated. The Story of Our Hymns Though his father was a member of Parliament and the owner of a moderate competence, the author of this great work was essentially a self-educated man. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 He was largely self-educated, and before he was of age was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Quite low-born, self-educated! somewhat gifted though by nature, And we make a point of asking him,—of being very kind. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II Henry Watkin was a person apparently of elastic views and varied reading; self-educated, but shrewd and gifted with a natural knowledge of mankind. Lafcadio Hearn He was self-educated, gaining by his own efforts a considerable acquaintance with English literature and a knowledge of French. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Like Polevoy, he was of humble extraction and almost entirely self-educated. An Outline of Russian Literature It is said that he is almost entirely self-educated, both musically and intellectually. Interpreters His voice is clear, his enunciation rapid, yet distinct, and his choice of words exact,—excellent, indeed, for one self-educated in the correct use of language. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 He was self-educated, and commenced his career as a portrait-painter in his native city. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" But, considering that Hone was a self-educated man, and, like many sceptics, was incredulous only with regard to Christianity, and even believed he once saw an apparition in Ludgate Hill, who can be surprised? Old and New London Volume I Polevoy, a self-educated man of humble extraction, was the first professional journalist, and created the tradition of violent and fiery polemics, which has lasted till this day in Russian journalism. An Outline of Russian Literature Therefore, it is to these self-educated toilers in the ranks of the labor organizations, that the manifest advantages of co-operative farming will appeal most successfully. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century One of the most remarkable of self-educated men, James Ferguson, when a poor agricultural laborer, constructed a globe. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Finely-balanced and self-educated as to her special cause, she has not only won a name and fame world-wide, but turned perceptibly the entire current of human conviction. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years I am only telling you the fact—that he was what is often called a self-made, self-educated man, who could not possibly be styled my equal in the eyes of society. Brooke's Daughter A Novel The Cerebral's physical frailty unfits him for the manual and unless he is school-or self-educated he becomes the sorriest of all human misfits. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Practically self-educated and spending his early life in his native country he escaped the influences of German training which so deadened the efforts of former composers, such as Pierson and Bennett. Music: An Art and a Language He was self-educated and self-made in the fullest sense in which those terms can be applied. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Paine, self-educated though he was, was a capable mathematician, and he followed the progress of the applied sciences with passion. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Summing up Scott's attainments, a biographer gives expression to the opinion that he was 'self-educated in every branch of knowledge he ever turned to account in the works of his genius.' The Curse of Education Some of those who have achieved renown in literature or statecraft were self-educated. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Although a self-educated and not a book-educated man, his conversation, when he cares to talk, for he is rather reserved, always displays a good deal of thoughtful originality, relieved by flashes of playful humour. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid The name of Hugh Miller will ever stand forth as synonymous with all that is honest and manly; as the impersonation of moral courage and indomitable energy; as the true ideal of a self-educated man. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed The men who go there are freemen—citizens; the burdens of society are upon them; and they feel that they must begin to educate themselves, and they are self-educated men. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II It is one of the defects of the self-educated, that they generally imagine themselves much more learned than they really are. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story You find this sort of thing in the utterances of self-educated recluses. The Brown Mouse He was what I would call a self-educated man. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 He tried energetically, and not unsuccessfully, to improve his mind, but he never quite surmounted the weakness of the self-educated man, and had no special literary talent. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Mr. Sherman was a self-educated man, a shoemaker, and a Christian. Anecdotes for Boys The self-educated man is often only acquainted with the elements of a great many different sciences, but it is seldom that he is thoroughly versed in any single one. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story She was self-educated and for 263 a number of years was rural correspondent for newspapers, which experience perhaps gave her a broad understanding of political matters and the incentive to enter the field. Blue Ridge Country He was a sensualist in all ways, but a great and self-educated scholar. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) He was self-educated and well informed along such lines as his tastes led him. The Man from the Bitter Roots Uneducated, or self-educated, he possesses a very large amount of that natural wisdom so often denied to men of great learning and of literary cultivation. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 This refutation was the production of an Irish boy of eighteen years old, self-educated in mathematics, the son of a shoemaker at Mallow. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I He was a self-educated, self-made man, who had started as shop-boy and risen to be proprietor. The Ffolliots of Redmarley It must not be ignored that a startling proportion of our great business men are what are termed self-educated. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 He spent most of the time in reading, being in this way really self-educated. The Short-story Mr. Green had acquired an excellent style of composition, and to secure funds with which to complete his education, he wrote and published a pamphlet containing Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, by a self-educated Colored youth. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Wilhelmina Krause was a young person of a strong mind irregularly cultivated; she had never known the advantage of a mother’s care, and was, indeed, self-educated. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend But history shows us that the men who have led in the van of human progress have been, as a rule, self-educated, self-made. Pushing to the Front They were well educated for their day, self-educated, great lovers of poetry, hymnal poetry, having no taste for the religious debates now so prevalent in some localities. The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818 Being self-educated, he was possessed, like nearly all self-educated men, of a complacency and a self-sufficiency which stood always in his way. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Having won this great success, he fell into an error to which strong, self-educated men are peculiarly liable,—he judged other people by himself. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money He was almost entirely self-educated, having acquired a knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew while employed as a shepherd. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Tartaglia was of very humble birth, and according to report almost entirely self-educated. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The precepts, the principles and the shining example of this foremost of self-educated, self-made Americans have the power to uplift and start toward new heights of achievement, all who come in contact with him. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Are college-bred men, as a class, superior in mental attainments and culture to self-educated men? Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition It may be said, however, that Pauline Garcia was self-educated as a vocalist. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens Among the writers, Lew Wallace, soldier, diplomat, and author, was self-educated. The Young Man and the World From this fruitful source of native ability, self-educated, the American cause drew great strength in the trials of the Revolution. History of the United States Himself a working man, and to a great extent self-educated, Chubb had had peculiar opportunities of observing the mind of the class to which he belonged. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century George Smith, like Henry Schliemann, the pioneer investigator of pre-Hellenic culture, was a self-educated man of humble origin. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The attorneys clerks, and other self-educated genii, found it easier to distort themselves to the new models than to toil after the symmetry of him who had enchanted their fathers. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals No. I am self-educated, if one may call it that. The Voice in the Fog This gifted but self-educated man, once listening to the children of genius whom he had created about him, exclaimed, "Go it, go it, my boys! they did so at Athens." Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Every genius is self-educated, and we find Scott from the first making instinctive selections and rejections among the various kinds of knowledge offered him. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century You see I can feel for the boy like a father, Miss Hannah," said the professor, after giving his lesson one evening; "because, you know, I am in a manner self-educated myself. Ishmael Or, In the Depths They were all self-educated, but surely a man can’t have a worse chance because he has learned something. The Claverings His opportunities for good schooling were quite limited, and he may be considered a self-educated man. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader The first studies.—The self-educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.—Their errors.—Their improvement from the neglect or contempt they incur.—The history of self-education in Moses Mendelssohn. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions His family were humble and poor; he was self-educated, without address or polish, careless of forms, indifferent to society. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 As a matter of fact, I think most of us are self-educated. A Librarian's Open Shelf P. received a somewhat desultory education at various Roman Catholic schools, but after the age of 12, when he had a severe illness brought on by over-application, he was practically self-educated. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Wilhelmina Krause was a young person of a strong mind irregularly cultivated; she had never known the advantage of a mother's care, and was indeed self-educated. Snarleyyow William Hope was a man full of talent; self-educated, and wonderfully quick at learning anything: he was a linguist, a mechanic, a mineralogist, a draughtsman, an inventor. A Perilous Secret Our bookseller is a self-educated man, and in some pamphlets on the charitable institution to which we have alluded, are many of the errors of style peculiar to self-educated writers. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829 In these two latter respects, especially, is the community self-educated. A Librarian's Open Shelf —Novelist and poet, b. at Portland, Maine, was self-educated, kept a dry goods store, and was afterwards a lawyer. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Like every highly cultivated man, he must be mainly self-educated. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Shoemaking was not found very productive; and Cooke, being fairly educated as well as self-educated, opened a village school. Men of Invention and Industry He was a self-educated man, and in after-life rose to high distinctions in the Church to which he devoted himself—an act which proves the sincerity of spirit with which these verses were written. The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 He is a self-educated man, and has the reputation of being a thorough sailor and a perfect gentleman. Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks —Novelist, etc., b. in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature But this was a decidedly villainous scrawl—in fact it was written as a self-educated butcher might pen a bill. Wylder's Hand I could learn of him no more than that he was self-educated, and by unaided perseverance attained a respectable proficiency in drawing and design. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok The self-educated dodge pays well just now; and after all, you've hooked his lordship—thank me for that. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Like all the great artists of our time, he was self-educated—Whistler, Degas, Courbet, Corot, and Manet wasted little time in other men's studios. Modern Painting —Novelist, b. at Weymouth, the only child of a London merchant, was in boyhood at various schools, but from the age of 13 self-educated. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Arthur Stirling was entirely a self-educated man; he had worked at I know not how many impossible occupations, and labored in the night-time like the heroes one reads about. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow He began life as a shoemaker, was wholly self-educated, and changed his name to escape from his early associations. Cambridge Sketches At all events," said Lord Lynedale, "a self-educated author is always interesting. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography But her father was a self-educated man, whose life had been given to books, whose only hobby was the culture and study of bees. The Postmaster's Daughter Her mother having died while she was very young, and her f., who had come to London, being too busy to give her any attention, she was practically self-educated. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature I find that he has had no schooling whatever; that, in fact, he is nothing but a kind of a self-educated surveyor. The Winning of Barbara Worth Whittier was self-educated, and he never traveled far from home. History of American Literature By getting that I fancied, as most self-educated men are apt to do, 1 should surely get wisdom. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I cannot speak the French language, but I can translate very well, though not fast, I being self-educated. Sketches New and Old, Part 1. Among these was Jung-Stilling, the self-educated charcoal-burner, who in his memoir has left a graphic account of Goethe's striking appearance, in his broad brow, his flashing eye, his mastery of the company, and his generosity. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Side by side with scholars, we have self-educated commoners who wrote both prose and, especially, poetry. Seven Icelandic Short Stories Now he was but a base-born young man who had attained a high position by false pretences; an ordinary adventurer with a glib tongue; a self-educated, self-seeking, commonplace fellow. The Fortunate Youth He was a self-educated man, but wanted judgment to discipline his fermenting brain, for the control of his heart, which was good, honest, always warm, affectionate to man, woman, and child. The Eureka Stockade You never brought all your energies to bear upon any subject but what you accomplished it—for instance, you are self-made, self-educated. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) Nearly all hackers past their teens are either college-degreed or self-educated to an equivalent level. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 In addition to the travelled, academic realists, there appeared a group of self-educated popular writers, some of whom had come into direct contact with this foreign school. Seven Icelandic Short Stories I judged him to be of Irish descent, and it was patent that he was self-educated. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Following the engraving from Home's portrait, and advised by one of the sons, Nobo Koomar Pal, a self-educated Bengali artist, modelled the clay. Life of William Carey He roomed that winter with a rugged, self-educated Scotchman—a mechanic, but a man of books and philosophies, who left an impress on Mark Twain's mental life. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) He was self-educated, had taught himself German and French, and at that time was earning a meagre living by translating scientific and philosophical works for a struggling socialist publishing house in Chicago. The Iron Heel |
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