 | Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1829 - 552 pages
...and thoroughly; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...slow in operation, being little aided by invention ov imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he... | |
 | 1830 - 658 pages
...latter, sketched by the same hand, cannot but prove, under those circumstances, very interesting. ' His mind was great and powerful, without being of...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of tlie advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever... | |
 | 1830 - 592 pages
...addressed to Dr. Walter Jones (Vol. iv. p. 240), which contains the following character of Washington. ' His mind was great and powerful, without being of...Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgement was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination,... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...and thoroughly ; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. " His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a INewton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | John Frost - North America - 1838 - 404 pages
...Jefferson, " without being of the first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no...invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion." He was incapable of fear, being full of calm courage in the field ; and though naturally of an " irritable... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 564 pages
...his friend and successor. He thus has described Washington, and the account is full of interest : ' His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, lincun, or Locke ; and as far as tie saw, no judgment was ever sounder. Jt was slow in operation, being... | |
 | John Frost - North America - 1838 - 400 pages
...of successful re-action. '" His mind was great and powerful," says Jefferson," without being of the first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...It requires rather a high key, and a classical and manly style. CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1844 - 438 pages
...of successful reaction. t '"His mind was great and powerful," says Jefferson, "without being of the first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...sustain the supreme laws of the land. 126. CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. — Thomas Jefferson. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke : and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
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His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very * first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke, and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... 
