 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...stro ig, though not so acute as that of a Newton, B:vo.i, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgme it was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imngination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - Battles - 1868 - 640 pages
...estimates of the character and intellect of Washington is that of President Jefferson, who says, " His mind was great and powerful, without being of...and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. Hence the common remark of his officers of the Jan. 7, 1779 Dec. 14, 1799 BIOGBAPHICAIi NOTES. 1736... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1868 - 758 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 the very first order ; hia penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; ano as far as... | |
 | François Quesnel - 1869 - 360 pages
...est la différence entre promener, et se promener? TRADUISEZ EN FRANÇAIS. PORTRAIT OP WASHINGTON. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute J as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke. But he was, in every sense2 of the word, a wise, a good and... | |
 | Presidents United States Biography - 1871 - 448 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 the very first order; his penetration strong, tnough not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...have been the instrument of expressing, in one brief, decisive act, the con-- CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton,* Bacon,f or Locke ; \ and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | Sir Isaac Pitman - Shorthand - 1877 - 52 pages
...process as long as there are any errors to be corrected. SELECTIONS. CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. o CU His mind was great and powerful, without being of...but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of Ma officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...the visible signs of thought ; — this is the glory of Thomas Jeiferson." CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...penetration strong, though not so acute as that of Newton,* Bacon,f or Locke ; J and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...dust " ; — " everlasting to everlasting " (endless past to endless future). CXX.— WASHINGTON. 1. His mind was great and powerful, without being of...and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. 2. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 pages
...subordinate posts, he became President of the United States in the year 1801. He died 4th July, 1826.] His mind was great and powerful, without being of...though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Looke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little... | |
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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... 
