 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 580 страници
...cabinet experience, and written in after years, when there was no temptation to insincere eulogy : — " His integrity was most pure ; his justice the most...friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. lie was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." CHAPTER XXIV. Debate... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 584 страници
...insincere eulogy : — " His integrity was most pure; his justice tho most inflexible I have ever known j no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision, lie was, indeed, in every dense of tho won), a wise, a good, and a great man." CHAPTER XXIV. Debate... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 758 страници
...He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting...friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. Tie was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man. His temper was naturally... | |
 | Robert Patrick Anderson - 1873 - 446 страници
...Duke at Mallavelly. VICTORIES AND DEFEATS ton. ' Perhaps the strongest feature in his (Washington's) character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance,...going through with his purpose whatever obstacles offered.' 1 We have ample proof to convince us that the Duke of Wellington well knew when to fear impediments... | |
 | John Edwin Nixon - 1874 - 142 страници
...vel maxime tremulum. Saevum et (22) WASHINGTON. His integrity12 was most pure, his justice the most24 inflexible I have ever known; no motives" of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being6 able to bias his decision12. He was, indeed, in every sense, a wise, a good, and a great man.... | |
 | John Edwin Nixon - 1874 - 148 страници
...semper, tum in quantulocumque actu vel maxime tremulum. Saevum et (22) WASHINGTON. His integrity12 was most pure, his justice the most" inflexible I have ever known; no motives11 of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being5 able to bias his decision12.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 страници
...He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting...pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever * NEWTON. An illustrious English philosopher and mathematician, born 164?. (Sec Brewster's Memoirs... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 страници
...He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting...maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when onee decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 658 страници
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes j™ Jefferson ; " no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision." They say of Giotto that he introduced goodness into the art of painting ; Washington carried it with... | |
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Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed.... 
