 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 1040 Seiten
...Hawley, grandson of Mr. Stoddard, was one of the ablest and most influential men in Massachusetts'Bay for a considerable period before the revolution : an event, in which few men had more efficiency. This gentleman was a very able advocate. Many men have spoken with more elegance and grace — I never... | |
 | Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight - 1874 - 730 Seiten
...Stoddard. He was, says Prest. Dwight (Travels, etc., vol. ip 335), " one of the first men in Mass. Bay, for a considerable period before the Revolution — an event in which few men exerted a more efficient influence, lie was a very able advocate : I never heard one speak with more... | |
 | Franklin Bowditch Dexter - 1885 - 808 Seiten
...cousin), says of him, writing in 1 796 : — " The late Hon. Joseph Hawley was one of the most influent1al in Massachusetts Bay for a considerable period before...revolution : an event in which few men had more efficiency. This gentleman was a very able advocate. Many men have spoken with more elegance and grace — I never... | |
 | 1844 - 834 Seiten
...was regarded as one of the ablest advocates of American liberty." 1 " He was," says Pres. Dwight, " one of the ablest and most influential men in Massachusetts...very able advocate. Many men have spoken with more elegance and grace ; I never heard one speak with more force. His mind, like his eloquence, was grave,... | |
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This gentleman was a very able advocate. Many men have spoken with more elegance and grace — I never heard one speak with more force. His mind, like his eloquence, was grave, austere, and powerful. 