 There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blessed him...  The political works of Thomas Paine - Σελίδα 191των Thomas Paine - 1826 - 425 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Thomas Paine - 2000 - 388 σελίδες
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 2002 - 300 σελίδες
...greatest quantity of happiness with the least expense. Address and Declaration, 1791 Fortitude There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude. The American Crisis, 1776, In speaking of George Washington I have nothing to fear unless innocence... | |
 | Ed Cray, Jonathan Kotler, Miles Beller - 2003 - 444 σελίδες
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 σελίδες
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. ... "A man can distinguish himself between temper and principle, and I am as confident, as I am that... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 2004 - 260 σελίδες
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the Character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...blessings, which we do not immediately see, that GOD hath blest him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. I shall... | |
 | Benjamin G. Bistline - 2004 - 440 σελίδες
...trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kinds of public blessings, which we do not immediately see,...uninterrupted health and given him a mind that can receive instructions from heaven. "I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - 2004 - 68 σελίδες
...Autobiography of Rush, 124. 36. Ibid., 125. Paine wrote of Washington that "There is a natural f1rmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles,...when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude." 38 Congressman William Hooper of North Carolina marveled at "how often America has been rescued from... | |
 | Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - 2007 - 1236 σελίδες
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures...new States, shall never interfere with the priman' remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the following question, Why is it... | |
 | Craig Nelson - 2007 - 436 σελίδες
...and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be...him a mind that can even flourish upon care. . . . I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held... | |
 | Randall Norman Desoto - 2007 - 266 σελίδες
...and Washington's character through the recent trials, writing that "God hath blessed [the General] with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care. " The author also attacked the Tories' desire to stay loyal to Great Britain. "Every Tory is a coward,... | |
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