 | William Cobbett - United States - 1801 - 586 pages
...and character of General Washington naturally follows the Federal Constitution. PAINE. Common Sense. Voltaire has remarked, that King William never appeared...may be made on General Washington, for the character (its him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which,... | |
 | James Cheetham - Political scientists - 1817 - 212 pages
...difficulties and in action. The same remark may be made of General Wash' ington, for the character suits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which...cabinet of fortitude ; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1824 - 444 pages
...wishes centred in one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that king William never appeared...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind thai can even flourish upon care. I shall... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1824 - 524 pages
...providential control. v. I which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that king William never appeared...firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware ; suffice it for... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 482 pages
...wishes were one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared...on General Washington, for the character fits him. Theie is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked,... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 470 pages
...wishes were one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared...difficulties and in action ; the same remark may be made on Genera) Washingion, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1835 - 552 pages
...centered in one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that king William never appeared...firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by triffes, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude ; and I reckon it among those kind... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action. The same remark may be made of General Washington, for the character fits him. There...firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by PAINE "S OPINION Off WASHINGTON. 537 trifles ; but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...difficulties and in action; the sauu remark may be made on General Washington, for I e с шracter fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds...I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, whieh we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 606 pages
...to the moral qualities of the commander-in-chief, as evinced in this time of perils and hardships. "Voltaire has remarked, that King William never appeared...difficulties and in action. The same remark may be made of General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds, which... | |
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Voltaire has remarked, that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the Character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked... 
