His person and whole deportment exhibited an unaffected and indescribable dignity, unmingled with haughtiness, of which all who approached him were sensible; and the attachment of those who possessed his friendship and enjoyed his intimacy was ardent,... The North American Review - Page 21edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
| 1802 - 440 pages
...intimacy, was ardent. but respectful. His temper was humane, benevolent and conciliatory ; •but there was quickness in his sensibility to anything apparently...had taught him to correct." An illustration of the last named trait is afforded in an incident related by the late Governor Morris, who was distinguished... | |
| John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...unmingled with haughtiness, of which all who approached him were sensible ; and the attachment of those who possessed his friendship and enjoyed his intimacy,...; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to watch and to correct. In the management... | |
| 734 pages
...approached him were sensible ; and the attachment of those who possessed his friendship and enjoyed bis Intimacy, was ardent, but always respectful. " His...conciliatory, but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to watch and to correct " In the management... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...approached him were sensible. The attachment of those who possessed his friendship was ardent, hut always respectful. His temper was humane, benevolent,...conciliatory; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to watch and correct. He conducted... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...of which all who approached him were sensible. The attachment of those who possessed his friendship was ardent, but always respectful. His temper was humane, benevolent, and conciliatory; but there vvas a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught... | |
| Amos Blanchard (of Cincinnati.), Amos Blanchard - United States - 1825 - 464 pages
...which all who approached him, were sensible. The attachment of those, who possessed his friendship was ardent but always respectful. His temper was humane,...; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to watch and correct. He made no pretensions... | |
| United States - 1825 - 472 pages
...who approached him, were sensible. The attachment of those, who possessed 'his friendship, was ardeRt but always respectful. His temper was humane, benevolent,...; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to watch and correct. HP made no pretensions... | |
| Presidents - 1825 - 476 pages
...attachment of those, who possessed his friendship, was ardent, but always respectful. His temper *** humane, benevolent, and conciliatory ; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to watch and correct. He made no pretensions... | |
| Presidents - 1825 - 460 pages
...of those, who possessed his friendship, was ardent, hut always respectful. His temper wte itumane, benevolent, and conciliatory ; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensivc', which experience had taught him to watch and correct. He made no pretensions... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 614 pages
...unmingled with haughtiness, of which all who approached him were sensible ; and the attachment of those who possessed his friendship, and enjoyed his intimacy,...; but there was a quickness in his sensibility to any thing apparently offensive, which experience had taught him to wt.tch and to correct In the management... | |
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