 | Thomas Paine - 1896 - 250 Seiten
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 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 500 Seiten
...difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which...cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1904 - 366 Seiten
...never appeared to full advantage but in difficulty and danger. " The character fits General Washington. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles. I reckon it among public blessings that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted health, and given him... | |
 | 1901 - 660 Seiten
...difficulties and in action. The same remark may be made on General Washington ; for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which...health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon cares. . . . I thank God that I fear not. I can see no real cause for fear. 1 know our situation well,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 428 Seiten
...difficulties and in action. The same remark may be made on General Washington ; for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which...health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon cares. . . . I thank God that I fear not. I can see no real cause for fear. 1 know our situation well,... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 Seiten
...difficulties and in action ; the same remark may be made on General Washington for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which...when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude." This last sentence sounds like a prophecy, and the first sentence, " These are the times that try men's... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 600 Seiten
...of fortitude ; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings which we do not im- " mediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted...given him a mind that can even flourish upon care." ¥ CHAPTER FORTY-THREE Washington clothed with Additional Powers — Recruitment of the Army— Increased... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1908 - 622 Seiten
...remark may be made of General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness ia some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles ;...cabinet of fortitude ; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted... | |
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Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked... 
