 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 Seiten
...share m conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousuess of ideas nor fluency of words. In public, when called...sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. \ et he wrote readilv. rather diffusely, in nn easy ' • J and correct style. This he h;.d acquired... | |
 | Sir Isaac Pitman - 1877 - 52 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish; hia deportment easy, erect, and noble, the best horseman...of his age, and the most graceful figure that could ba soon on horseback. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 Seiten
...proportioned to it. 7. His person, you know, was fine ; his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman...neither copiousness of ideas nor fluency of words. 8. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed ; yet he... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 446 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish; his deportment easy, erect, and noble, the best horseman...be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of his fricnds, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 Seiten
...proportioned to it. 7. His person, you know, was fine ; his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman...colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neiher copiousness of ideas nor fluency of words. 8. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion,... | |
 | English dictation - 1881 - 156 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might...his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble, the best horseman...could be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of hia friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial... | |
 | Henry J. Ramsdell - 1884 - 944 Seiten
...set far apart. From boyhood he was famous for great strength and agility. Jefferson pronounced him "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." He was scrupulously neat, gentlemanly, and punctual, and always dignified and reserved. In the resolution... | |
 | Hundred greatest men - 1885 - 530 Seiten
...person was fine, his stature exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, civet and noble, tho best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure...ideas nor fluency of words. In public when called upon for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely,... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1887 - 360 Seiten
...bearing erect, easy, and dignified, and he is said by one of his most intimate friends to have been "The best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." * It is not an easy task to delineate his character with minuteness and accuracy. It was marked by... | |
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was fine ; his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. 
