 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...remembrance. For his was the singular destiny and merit, of lending the armies of his country successfully through an arduous war, for the establishment of its... | |
 | 1830 - 658 pages
...the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...have merited from man an everlasting remembrance.'— pp. 241, 242. In another place, speaking of General Washington in his capacity of senator, Jefferson... | |
 | Books - 1830 - 652 pages
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 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect; in nothing bad, in few points indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...everlasting remembrance. For his was the singular OO destiny and merit of leading the armies of his country successfully through an arduous war, for... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...whole. his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points inditlereut : and it may truly be said. that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great. and 'o place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...whole, his character wa"s, in its mass perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent;' and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man our everlasting remembrance. For his was the singular destiny and merit of leading the armies of his... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 854 pages
...the whole his character was in its mass perfect, in nothin; bad, in a few points indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...constellation with whatever worthies have merited from m&n an everlasting remembrance. For his was the singular destiny and merit of leading the armies of... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Economic history - 1837 - 428 pages
...whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect; in nothing bad, in few things indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...have merited from man an everlasting remembrance."-)- The friendship in old age between himself and Mr. Adams, and the moral and intellectual beauty of their... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Social Science - 1837 - 426 pages
...whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect; in nothing bad, in few things indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance."t The friendship in old age between himself and Mr. Adams, and the moral and intellectual... | |
 | John Frost - North America - 1838 - 404 pages
...the whole, his character was in its mass perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune...have merited from man an everlasting remembrance." ' 284 CHAPTER XXXIV. ADMINISTRATION OF JOHN ADAMS. THE new president had been elected by the votes... | |
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On the whole his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever... 
