 | 1824 - 706 pages
...times of George III., of which the opening paragraph will be more than enough for this occasion : "One of the most remarkable men, certainly of our times, as a politician, (says he,) or of any age, as a philosopher, was Franklin ; who also stands alone in combilling together... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...urns. Chatacter of Frauklin* BY LORD EROUGIIAM. One of the most remarkable men certainly of our time as a politician, or of any age as a philosopher, was Franklin, who also stands alone in combining these two characters, the greatest that men can sustain, and in this, that having borne the first part... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...entitled, " Statesmen in the Time of George III." It has been recently published in this country : — One of the most remarkable men certainly of our times...greatest discoveries ever made, he bore the second in founding one of the greatest empires in the world. In this truly great man everything seems to concur... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Art and science - 1854 - 56 pages
...times of George III., of which the opening paragraph will be more than enough for this occasion : " One of the most remarkable men, certainly of our times, as a politician, (says he,) or of any age, as a philosopher, was Franklin ; who also stands alone in combirring together... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...entitled, " Statesmen in the Time of George HI." It has been recently published in this country : — One of the most remarkable men certainly of our times...having borne the first part in enlarging science by onaof the greatest discoveries ever made, he bore the second in founding one of the greatest empires... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...Statesmen who flourished in the time of George in.] ONE of the most remarkable men certainly of OUT times as a politician, or of' any age as a philosopher,...first part in enlarging science by one of the greatest 31 discoveries ever made, he bore the second part in founding one of the greatest empires in the world.... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 pages
...regard the task of selfculture as the highest and best to whioh we can aspire. jamm Jfranhlin. ' One of the most remarkable men certainly of our times...politician, or of any age, as a philosopher, was Franklin." — LORD BROUGHAM. {HE annals of self-education do not contain a more surprising example than that... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 pages
...because he should soon learn the ' truth with less trouble.'"* IV. BY LORD BROUQIIAM. — 1839, " ONE of the most remarkable men, certainly, of our times,...borne the first part in enlarging science, by one of •"Contributions ..." John Foster to the Eclectic Review," vol. ii.. I -l-. Iho greatest discoveries... | |
 | James Parton - Statesmen - 1864 - 728 pages
...because he. should soon learn the ' truth with less trouble.' "* .:, n.-. BY I.OED BROUGHAM. 1839. ' ONE of the most remarkable men, certainly, of our times,...two characters, the greatest that man can sustain, aiul in this, that having borne the first part in enlarging science, by one of ^ "Contributions of... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - United States - 1867 - 766 pages
...George III., of which the opening paragraph will be more than enough for this occasion : — " One of the most remarkable men, certainly of our times, as a politician," says he, " or of any age, as a philosopher, was Franklin; who also stands alone in combining together... | |
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One of the most remarkable men certainly of our times as a politician, or of any age as a philosopher was Franklin ; who also stands alone in combining together these two characters, the greatest that man can sustain... 
