 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 916
...off the writer more than the subject of the work." And thus on the character of Genovnl Jackson: " I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General...President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for SOL'!) a place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 624
...our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent, but he came out occasionally with a power of thought and expression, that moved us from our seats. THROUGHOUT the whole Revolution, "Virginia and the four NewEngland States acted together. Indeed, they... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 758
...off the writer more than the subject of the work." And thus on the character of Gene—1 Jackson: " I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. H« is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has had verv little respect for laws... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 678
...our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful, nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent, but he came out occasionally with a power of thought and expression, that moved us from our seats."3 Madison well recollected that " his fellow-laborers in the cause from Virginia filled every... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...United States, and his election would unite " the purse and the sword." 2 Jefferson said, " I feel very much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson...President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for the place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...United States, and his election would unite " the purse and the sword." 2 Jefferson said, " I feel very much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson...President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for the place. He has had very little respect for laws or constitutions, and is, in fact, an able military... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 902
...our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful, nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent, but he came out occasionally with a power of thought and expression that moved us from our seats." f And now that " the greatest question has been decided which ever was debated in America, and a greater... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 492
...our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful, nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent, but he came out occasionally with a power of thought and expression that moved us from our seats." It seems a pity that no adequate specimens remain to us of this straightforward eloquence ; and yet... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful, nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent, but he came out occasionally with a power of thought and expression that moved us from our seats." It seems a pity that no adequate specimens remain to us of this straightforward eloquence ; and yet... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1887 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...impressed that idea upon the minds of thoughtful men. Thomas Jefferson had said : " I feel much alarm at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is one of the most unfit men I know for the place. He has had very little respect for laws and constitutions, and is, in fact, an able... | |
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Adams was our Colossus on the floor. He was not graceful, nor elegant, nor remarkably fluent ; but he came out, occasionally, with a power of thought and expression that moved us from our seats. 
