... and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was Caesar, without his ambition; Frederick, without his... On the Wing - Page 244by Samuel Augustus Steel - 1896 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress - Law - 1924 - 1048 pages
...n neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was IVsnr, without his ambition; Frederick, without his tyranny...his selfishness; and Washington, without his reward. Ho was obedient to authority as a servant nnd royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as a... | |
| John William Jones - 1875 - 596 pages
...without his ambition; a Frederick without his tyranny ; a Napoleon without his selfishness ; and a Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and loyal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as a woman in life ; modest and pure as a virgin in... | |
| 1911 - 894 pages
...in after years in pronouncing his eulogy on General Lee to utter the fine saying that "he was Caesar without his ambition, Frederick without his tyranny,...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward." Lee also held different views from those which controlled in the Confederate civil councils on the... | |
| Ermine Owen - Readers - 1891 - 306 pages
...without Frederick's tyranny, Napoleon without Napoleon's selfishness, and Washington without Washington's reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a king. In life, gentle as a woman, in thought modest and pure as a virgin ! Watchful as a Roman Vestal... | |
| Confederate States of America - 1893 - 852 pages
...neighbor without reproach ; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile, lie was Csesar, without his ambition ; Frederick, without his tyranny...servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as a woman in life ; modest and pure as a virgin in thought ; watchful as a Roman vestal in... | |
| Universities and colleges - 1909 - 494 pages
...most pleasing features of the book. After quoting Senator Hill's famous words of Lee : "He was Caesar without his ambition, Frederick without his tyranny,...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward," Dr. Page adds, "But most of all, he was like Washington." It is evidently his opinion that Lee had... | |
| Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1897 - 800 pages
...a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocracy, and a man without guilt. He was Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny;...authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a king. He was as gentle as a woman in life; pure and modest as a virgin in thought; watchful as a Roman... | |
| Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1897 - 800 pages
...a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocracy, and a man without guilt. He was Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny;...authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a king. He was as gentle as a woman in life; pure and modest as a virgin in thought; watchful as a Roman... | |
| Clement Anselm Evans - Confederate States of America - 1899 - 808 pages
...neighbor without reproach ; a Christian without hypocrisy and a man without guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny;...servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as a woman in life ; modest and pure as a virgin in thought; watchful as a Roman vestal in duty;... | |
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