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The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages - Page 55
edited by - 1895
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Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...but exact ; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of ..., Volume 4

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 550 pages
...honorable, but exact; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1830 - 658 pages
...honourable, but exact; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1830 - 592 pages
...advised by his friends at Philadelphia, neither to avow nor to disavow the letter. See Vol. III. p. 369. charity. His heart was not warm in its affections...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine ; his stature, exactly what one would wish ; his...
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Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson: With Particular Reference ...

Henry Lee - 1832 - 288 pages
...but exact ; liberal in contributions, to whatever promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...honorable, but exact ; liberal in contribution to whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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The Lives of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson: With a Parallel ...

Stephen Simpson - 1833 - 408 pages
...honourable, but exact; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects and all unworthy calls on his...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 27

1843 - 854 pages
...promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on hii charity. His heart was not warm in its affections...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy,...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 2

George Tucker - 1837 - 542 pages
...honourable, but exact; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 66

1838 - 564 pages
...but exact ; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility ; but frowning and unyielding on all visionary projects, and all unworthy calls on...calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment...
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