...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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 ;...

...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...

...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...

...by the colonists. Mather says that at a later period "he attained unto a notable skill in language. The Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular to...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 his...

...by a former wife, he had also two sons and a daughter by another, whom he married in this 25 land. He was a person for study as well as action ; and...Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular to him as 30 the English ; the French tongue he could also manage ; the Latin and the Greek he had mastered ;...