 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 страници
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes 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... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 480 страници
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 564 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 inflexible I have ever known ; no iiotives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He... | |
 | Hundred greatest men - 1885 - 530 страници
...He was incapable of fear, meeting personal danger with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting...integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible, no motives of interest or consanguinitv, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision.... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - 1885 - 792 страници
...incapable of fear when once decided, going through with his purpose whatever obstacle might oppose. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known. He was indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, good, and great man. On the whole, his character... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 страници
...He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting...consideration was maturely weighed; refraining, if he saw doubt; but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 страници
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes 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... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 страници
...integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known," writes 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... | |
 | James Walter - 1886 - 412 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 inflexible I have ever known ; no motive of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was,... | |
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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.... 
