 | James Walter - 1887 - 420 Seiten
...; no motive of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word a wise, a good, and a great man." The action of the Congress which assembled in December 1 793, was generally hostile to Washington's... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1887 - 360 Seiten
...or consanguinity, of friend* June 14, 1793.—ED. ship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man."* And when it was once suggested to him, not long before his own death, that the fame of Washington might... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1887 - 718 Seiten
...direct and unwavering, his integrity unsullied, his justice inflexible. " He was," says Jefferson, " in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." George Washington was born on the 22d of February, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His ancestors... | |
 | 1888 - 892 Seiten
...no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise,...great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendency over it. In conclusion,... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1888 - 824 Seiten
...direct and unw -ring, his integrity unsullied, his justice inflexible. " He w• ,, ' says Jefferson, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." George Washington was born on the 22d of Februa'y, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His ancestors... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 Seiten
...friendship or hatred, being able to bias4 his so decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally...reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it. If ever, however, it broke its bounds, he was most « tremendous in his wrath.... | |
 | 1892 - 780 Seiten
...Revolution. GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST PRESIDENT. BY MM BALDWIN, AM, ILB Houden's Butt of Washington. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man. — Thomas Jefferson. WE may regard the remarkable career of Washington as separable into three periods... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 Seiten
...friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally irritable and high toned ; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendency over it. If... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1898 - 580 Seiten
...friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally high toned ; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendency over it. If... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 Seiten
...friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally...had obtained a firm and habitual ascendency over it. If ever, however, it broke its bounds, he was most tremendous in his wrath. In his expenses he was... | |
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His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known — no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great... 
