| Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 halaman
...you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble; the best horseman of his age, -and- the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. ... In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he... | |
| Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 426 halaman
...you know, was fine ; stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, 20 and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed ; yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy... | |
| William Norman Guthrie - 1917 - 168 halaman
...you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share... | |
| William Harris Elson, Lura E. Runkel, Clara E. Lynch, George Linnaeus Marsh - 1918 - 536 halaman
...His person was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish; his deportment easy, erect, and noble; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. He wrote readily, in an easy and correct style. This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for... | |
| Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1919 - 424 halaman
...you know, was fine ; stature exactly what one would wish ; his deportment easy, erect, 20 and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share... | |
| Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1920 - 424 halaman
...you know, was fine ; stature exactly what one would wish; his deportment easy, erect, 20 and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed ; yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy... | |
| Lawton Bryan Evans - 1920 - 502 halaman
...Lafayette once said of him, "I never beheld so superb a horseman." Jefferson wrote, "Washington was the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." Washington was very methodical in his habits, and thrifty in business. He kept a diary, putting down... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 halaman
...know, was fine, his stature *s exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share... | |
| William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 halaman
...know, was fine, his stature 5 exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share... | |
| Frederick Houk Law - 1924 - 376 halaman
...behind the scenes it is evident that he is a man who admires horses as well as manliness and courage. "THE best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback," was Thomas Jefferson's opinion of his great fellow- Virginian, George Washington. From his early boyhood,... | |
| |