 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention ov imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he... | |
 | 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 658
...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of tlie advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever... | |
 | Henry Lee - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestioas, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no general ever planned his battles more... | |
 | 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 854
...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke, and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...judiciously. But if deranged during the course of action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment.... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 480
...sketch of Washington's character by the pen of one of his most illustrious friends : — " His judgment was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible 1 have ever known. His temper was... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...sketch of Washington's character by the pen of one of his most illustrious friends : — " His judgment was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible 1 have ever known. His temper was... | |
 | John Frost - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...strong, though not so acute as that of Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion." He was incapable of fear, being full of calm courage in the field ; and though naturally of an " irritable... | |
 | Henry Lee - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 292
...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...But if deranged during the course of the action, if 24 any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers of the advantages he derived from councils of war where, hearing all...more judiciously. But if deranged during the course ofthe action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in readjustment.... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 840
...strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke, and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being...judiciously. But if deranged during the course of action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment.... | |
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His mind was great and powerful without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by... 
