 His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great...  Nineteenth Century and After - Stran 4641888Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1871 - 436 strani
...was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity...his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned; Iwt reflection... | |
 | George Washington - 1871 - 240 strani
...was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity...his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned ; but reflection... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 strani
...equality and lÜH-rty.' " — Spcffh of 1'rince NapoUon Jotrph Charltt Ibul Honapartf, at Ajaccio, 1865. " He was indeed, in every sense of the word«, a wise, a good, and я great man. . . . His wm* th<* singular destiny and merit of leading the к r mien of his country... | |
 | William Henry Venable - 1872 - 316 strani
...Washington died at Mount Vernon. He was mourned by all, for, as even his rival and political enemy said, " He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." And the world indorses the well-considered assertion of Irving, that " Washington's fame stands apart... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1873 - 550 strani
...cabinet experience, and written in after years, when there was no temptation to insincere eulogy : — " His integrity was most pure ; his justice the most...indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, end a great man." t Letter to E. Randolph. Works, iv. 103. CHAPTER XXIV. Debate on Jefferson's Report... | |
 | John Edwin Nixon - 1874 - 148 strani
...semper, tum in quantulocumque actu vel maxime tremulum. Saevum et (22) WASHINGTON. His integrity12 was most pure, his justice the most" inflexible I have ever known; no motives11 of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being5 able to bias his decision12.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 strani
...was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity...pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever * NEWTON. An illustrious English philosopher and mathematician, born 164?. (Sec Brewster's Memoirs... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 strani
...Cluuieellors.} i LOCKE. The author of the celebrated Essay on the Human UnderstanJluy, born in England, 16J2. known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity, of...able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every seuse of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned;... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 660 strani
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes Jefferson ; " no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision." They say of Giotto that he introduced goodness into the art of painting; Washington carried it with... | |
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