 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 550 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...General ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1829 - 552 pages
...he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention ov imagination, but sure in conclusion. Hence the common...General ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
 | 1830 - 592 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgement was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But, if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
 | 1830 - 658 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...conclusion. Hence the common remark of his officers, of tlie advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...acute as that of a INewton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...General ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
 | Henry Lee - Literary Criticism - 1832 - 288 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestioas, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no general ever planned his battles more... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention,...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 854 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke, and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances,... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention...general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden... | |
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His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided... 
