 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1889 - 694 pages
...power, combined with a fine indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department...the latter half of the intervening period, it was as intense as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit. To me he appeared... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1910 - 206 pages
...indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best talent in that department I ever knew. "And yet he...intimate as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit. To me he appeared to have no indulgences or pastimes; and I never heard him... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...energy, and a taste altogeth military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talei in that department I ever knew. And yet he was singularly modest and deferential in social inte course. My acquaintance with him began less than two years age yet through the latter half of... | |
 | James William Buel - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1899 - 592 pages
...indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as it seemed to me, the best matured talent in that department I ever knew; and yet he was singularly modest and deterential in his social intercourse. My acquaintance with him began less than two years ago; yet... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1906 - 650 pages
...a fine intellectual and indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department...the latter half of the intervening period, it was as intense as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit. To me he appeared... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1907 - 338 pages
...with a fine intellect, an indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department...intimate as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit. To me he appeared to have no indulgences or pastimes ; and I never heard... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 848 pages
...with a fine intellect, an indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department I ever knew. In the hope that it may be no intrusion upon the sacredness of your sorrow, I have ventured to address... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - 1908 - 430 pages
...with a fine intellect, an indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department I ever knew. fences or pastimes; and I never heard him utter a proane or an intemperate word. What was conclusive... | |
 | Charles Washington Moores - 1909 - 168 pages
...with a fine intellect, an indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department...intimate as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit. To me he appeared to have no indulgences or pastimes; and I never heard him... | |
 | Charles Washington Moores - 1909 - 168 pages
...with a fine intellect, an indomitable energy, and a taste altogether military, constituted in him, as seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department...intimate as the disparity of our ages and my engrossing engagements would permit. To me he appeared to have no indulgences or pastimes; and I never heard him... | |
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seemed to me, the best natural talent in that department I ever knew. And yet he was singularly modest and deferential in social intercourse. My acquaintance with him began less than two years ago; yet through the latter half of the intervening period... 
