 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...  Life of George Washington - Page 355by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Paine - History - 1990 - 244 pages
...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...cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted... | |
 | Thomas Paine - History - 1995 - 944 pages
...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...firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by triffles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1148 pages
...never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on you from all your War be freed: Oh let me not explain...line, for fear it mean, you shall be freed by Death. triffles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1146 pages
...character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by triffles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blest him with uninterrupted... | |
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