 | Craig Nelson - 2007 - 436 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...given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. . . . I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that... | |
 | Randall Norman Desoto - 2007 - 266 Seiten
...and Washington's character through the recent trials, writing that "God hath blessed [the General] with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. " The author also attacked the Tories' desire to stay loyal to Great Britain. "Every Tory is a coward,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1797 - 610 Seiten
...reckon it among thofe kind of public bleflin£;s, which \vedo not immediately fee, that God hath blell him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even fiourifh upon care» Rights of Matt, Part a. I prefume, that no man in hi» fober fenfes, will compare... | |
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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... 
