He got the sounds of the letters by heart, then cut off the bark of a tree, carved the letters on the smooth inside, and learned them.

He wanted to learn how to write.

He had charge of a warehouse where he had a chance to see the size and form of letters.

He made the beach of the river his copybook, and thus he learned to write.

Tom never got very far with his learning, but I used to get the papers and tell him all I knew about the war." "How did you get the papers ?" "I used to have very good privileges for a slave.