 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...sustain the supreme laws of the land. 126. CHARACTER or GEORGE WASHINGTON. — Thomas Jefferson. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as lhat of Newton, Bacon, or Locke : and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...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 the very first order ; his penetration Яго-ig, though not so acute as thnt of a Newton, B;»,'on, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...thoroughly ; and were I called on to delineate hi* character, it should be in tenus like these: — His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetratiou stro ig, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Unco», or Locke; and ns far as he saw,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...we subjoin a sketch of Napoleon Bonaparte, by an anonymous writer, published in 1821.] WASHINGTON. His mind was great and powerful, •without being...as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It waa slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...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 the very first order; his penetration rtro ig, though not so acute as thnt of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Presidents - 1857 - 408 pages
...say so much and no more, as suits their view "" No. VI. JEFFERSON'S OPINION OF GEORGE WASH INGTON. "" His mind was great and powerful, without being of...he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow iu operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 760 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...as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It waa slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Ilence... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - United States - 1858 - 766 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...not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; ana as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 758 pages
...delineate his character, it should be in terms like these. Ilis mind was great and powerful, without bekig of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Kcwton, Bacon, or Locke ; ano as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - Generals - 1860 - 670 pages
...delineate his charaeter, it should be in terms like these. " His mind was great and powerful, without bcing of the very first order ; his penetration strong,...judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, bcing little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of... | |
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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... 
