From that time he began to study simplicity and directness, which ended in the perfection of a style unsurpassed in modern oratory.

The years of Mr.Webster's professional life in Portsmouth under the tuition of Mr.Mason were of inestimable service to him.
Early in this period, also, Mr.Webster gave up his bachelor existence, and made for himself a home.

When he first appeared at church in Portsmouth the minister's daughter noted and remembered his striking features and look, and regarded him as one with great capacities for good or evil.

But the interesting stranger was not destined to fall a victim to any of the young ladies of Portsmouth.

In the spring of 1808 he slipped away from his new friends and returned to Salisbury, where, in May, he was married.