... He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression; and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian... Robert E. Lee, Man and Soldier - Página 609de Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 734 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| United States. Congress - 1924 - 1048 páginas
...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... | |
| Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1911 - 880 páginas
...not sustain your view. Cas* " Reminiscences of the Civil War," General John Gordon, p. 390. B. sar, Frederick of Prussia, and Bonaparte were great statesmen...leading to negotiations for peace and so wrote Mr. Davis. (Letterof Sept. 8, 1862.) Andagain, on the eve of his second invasion of the North, he addressed... | |
| 1893 - 852 páginas
...without wrong ; a neighbor without reproach ; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was Caesar, without his ambition ; Frederick, without...his selfishness, and Washington, without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as... | |
| Fitzhugh Lee - 1894 - 466 páginas
...without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guilt. He was Caesar without his ambition, Frederick without...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward. He was as obedient to authority as a servant and royal in authority as a king. He was as gentle as... | |
| 1909 - 494 páginas
...are among the most pleasing features of the book. After quoting Senator Hill's famous words of Lee : "He was Caesar without his ambition, Frederick without...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... | |
| Samuel Augustus Steel - 1896 - 330 páginas
...neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Ctesar without his ambition, Frederick without his tyranny,...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was as gentle... | |
| Southern Historical Society - 1897 - 800 páginas
...without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocracy, and a man without guilt. He was Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a king. He was as gentle as a... | |
| Southern Historical Society - 1897 - 800 páginas
...without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocracy, and a man without guilt. He was Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a king. He was as gentle as a... | |
| Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 808 páginas
...wrong ; a neighbor without reproach ; a Christian without hypocrisy and a man without guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his...his selfishness; and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was gentle as... | |
| William Worthington Goldsborough - 1900 - 430 páginas
...without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guilt. He was Caesar without his ambition, Frederick without...his selfishness, and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true king. He was as gentle... | |
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