| John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 546 Seiten
...affections ; but he exactly calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. Although, in the circle of his friends, where he might...ideas nor fluency of words. In public, when called upon for a sudden effort, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely,... | |
| Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 140 Seiten
...that they never saw a more graceful or dignified person " ; and Jefferson said of him that he was " the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." In March, 1794, Washington's ledger1 once more records the items of his theatrical expenditures, the... | |
| Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 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...friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing and common... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 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... | |
| 1902 - 424 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble; the best horseman...most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above... | |
| Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Colorado - 1903 - 278 Seiten
...with it conviction. Thomas Jefferson tells us that "His stature was exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble; the best horseman...graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." Washington was essentially a man of affairs. His life was a busy one. Idleness was not one of his faults,... | |
| Eugene Parsons - 1903 - 192 Seiten
...attracted him. His fondness for horsemanship amounted to a passion, and Jefferson declared him to be the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. He was a bold horseman, rode to the hounds, leaping the highest fences with great dexterity. He regarded... | |
| Albert Franklin Blaisdell, Francis Kingsley Ball - 1903 - 280 Seiten
...had I beheld so superb a man." Jefferson summed it all up in one brief sentence : " Washington was the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." During all his life, Washington was thrifty, and very methodical in business. He grew so wealthy that... | |
| Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1909 - 392 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine; stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman...neither copiousness of ideas nor fluency of words. In public,"when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed ; yet he wrote... | |
| 1909 - 1238 Seiten
...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble; the best horseman...be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in the coversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of... | |
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