 | 1894 - 844 стор.
...eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but, if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor." So far as Washington is concerned, this statement will readily be accepted as accurate, but Henry did... | |
 | Eliphalet Nott Potter - 1895 - 254 стор.
...Patrick Henry's declaration as to the first Continental Congress at Philadelphia: "If you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor." More important than his practical and arduous military training, and even than his growing familiarity... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 378 стор.
..." every man in it is a great man, an orator, a critic, a statesman" — that "if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor;" while Jefferson asserted that " his mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1896 - 1000 стор.
...Henry Lee and Patrick Henry stood forth as the Virginian leaders on the floor. "If you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor," was Henry's confident and generous verdict; but Washington was no politician, and did... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 стор.
...eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." Massachusetts in Rebellion. — The public mind, in Boston and its vicinity, had been... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1896 - 476 стор.
...Henry Lee and Patrick Henry stood forth as the Virginian leaders on the floor. "If you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on tbat floor," was Henry's confident and generous verdict ; but Washington was no politician, and did... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 376 стор.
...every man in it is a great man, an orator, a critic, a statesman" — that " if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor ;" while Jefferson asserted that "his mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 552 стор.
...purpose. Patrick Henry said of his speeches in the meeting of Congress in 1774: "If you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." He could have had no better school for studying men than such leadership of a Legislature... | |
 | Charles Bradlaugh - 1899 - 256 стор.
...eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South j Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of : solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." Even yet Washington—irritated as he and his friends had become by aristocratic misrule—had... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1899 - 1180 стор.
...said, " Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is, by far, the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor." Dr. Warren wrote from Massachusetts to Samuel Adams, in Congress, about this time, that... | |
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If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor. 
