 | William Cobbett - United States - 1801 - 586 pages
...unlocked, discovers a caliinet qf fortitude; and I reckon i I among those kind of public biasings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blessed him with uninterrupted Letter to GUI. lflishingtan. When we speak of military character, something more is understood ilinn... | |
 | 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
...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...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
...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 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
...and in action ; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. Theie is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous re-- marks on the state of our affairs; and shall... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 470 pages
...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...when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude ; and 1 reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blessed... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1835 - 552 pages
...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 by triffes, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude ; and I reckon it among those kind... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...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 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 which...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
...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...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... | |
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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... 
