...trying scenes in which it was engaged, and of the seductions by which it was deceived, but not depraved. I think I knew General Washington intimately and thoroughly;...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a readjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

...trying scenes in which it was engaged, and of the seductions by which it was deceived, but not depraved. I think I knew General Washington intimately and thoroughly;...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

...he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention ov imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgement was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a readjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

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...invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of tlie advantage he derived from councils of war, where,...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a readjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

...trying scenes in which it was engaged, and of the seductions by which it was deceived, but not depraved. I think I knew General Washington intimately and thoroughly...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a readjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

...without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a INewton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...

...remark of his officers. of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestioas, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no general...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The consequence was, he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy in...

...defects, and sparingly just to his undeniable merits. Mr. Jefferson says: "I think I knew the General intimately and thoroughly; and were I called on to...dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a readjustment. The consequence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy...