 Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the...  A Beginner's History - Page 131by William Harrison Mace - 1921 - 494 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...well known to all of us ; a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1854 - 564 pages
...very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...preference for Washington, as 'a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...well known to all of us ; a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and .unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 596 pages
...well known to all of us ; a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertion of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
 | Theology - 1858 - 476 pages
...well known to all of us, — a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union." — Life and Works... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...very well known to all of us; a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 772 pages
...recommended him for the post, as " a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the union." Mr. Adams had discovered... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 764 pages
...recommended him for the post, as " a gentleman, whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character,...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the union." Mr. Adams had discovered... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - Generals - 1860 - 670 pages
...very well known to all of us ; a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character...command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than anf other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who... | |
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