 | Thomas Jefferson - 1853 - 660 pages
...You never knew when you were clear of him, but were harassed by his perseverance, until the patience was worn down of all who had less of it than himself....amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him. Finding that the general principle of entails could... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1853 - 642 pages
...you were clear of him, but were harassed by his perseverance, until the patience was worn down of ah' who had less of it than himself. Add to this, that...amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him. Finding that the general principle of entails could... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 710 pages
...You never knew when you were clear of him, but were harassed by his perseverance, until the patience was worn down of all who had less of it than himself....amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him." We remember no particular delineation of Colonel Nicholas... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 726 pages
...You never knew when you were clear of him. but were harassed by his perseverance, until the patience was worn down of all who had less of it than himself....amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him." We remember no particular delineation of Colonel Nicholas... | |
 | James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 802 pages
...embellished ; his conceptions quick, acute, and full of resource ; never vanquished. . . . Add to this, he was one of the most virtuous and benevolent of...amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him." Possessed of the attributes thus ascribed to him by... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1892 - 558 pages
...You never knew when you were clear of him, but were harassed by his perseverance until the patience was worn down of all who had less of it than himself. Add to this that he was one of the most virtuous & benevolent of men, the kindest friend, the most amiable & pleasant of companions, which ensured a... | |
 | 1894 - 844 pages
...embellished; his conceptions quick, acute, and full of resource ; never vanquished. . . . . Add to this, he was one of the most virtuous and benevolent of...amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him." Possessed of the attributes thus ascribed to him by... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...was strongly opposed by Иг. Pendleton, who was zealously attached to ancient establishments. * * * Finding that the general principle of entails could not be maintained, he took his stand on an amendment which he proposed, instead of an absolute abolition, to permit the tenant... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 592 pages
...You never knew when you were clear of him, but were harassed by his perseverance, until the patience was worn down of all who had less of it than himself....amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him. Finding that the general principle of entails could... | |
 | Martha Helen Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mary Hilliard Hinton - 1904 - 400 pages
...Jefferson, whom he sometimes opposed, says: "He was the ablest man in debate I have ever met with. * * * Add to this that he was one of the most virtuous and...amiable and pleasant of companions, which ensured a favorable reception to whatever came from him." He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1774... | |
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... upon you, and regained so much of it as to make it a drawn one, by dexterous manoeuvres, skirmishes in detail, and the recovery of small advantages, which, little singly, were important all together. You never knew when you were clear of him, but... 
