 | William Wirt - 1804 - 120 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of JAMES WADDELL. Is it not strange that such a genius as this, so accomplished...permitted to languish and die in obscurity, within eight miles of the metropolis of Virginia ?. LETTER VIU BRITISH SPY. LETTER VI. RICHMOND, OCTOI1R 15.... | |
 | 1804 - 496 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Walhcll ! Is it not strange that such a genius as this, so accomplished a scholar, so divine an orator, should he permitted to languish and die in obscurity within eighty miles of the metropolis of Virginia ! To... | |
 | William Wirt - 1805 - 144 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddell i Is it not strange, that such a genius as this, so accomplished a scholar, bo divine an orator, should be permitted to languish and die in obscurity, within eighty miles of the... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1809 - 642 páginas
...mention£e ing the name of this man, I found not one person who had « ever before heard of James Waddel. Is it not strange that " such a genius as this, so accomplished a scholar, so divine an " orator,should be permitted to languish and die in obscurity with" in 80 miles of the metropolis of... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of Jamei Waddell! Is it not strange, that such a genius as this, so...within eighty miles of the metropolis of Virginia ! SECTION II. Dr. Mason's interview with Gen. Hamilton, ON the morning of Wednesday, the llth inst.... | |
 | 1815 - 444 páginas
...founc not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddell! Is i not strange, that snch a genins as this, so accomplished a scholar, so divine an orator, should be pernitted to languish and die in obscurity within eighty miles of tha metropolis of Virginia? To me... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 páginas
...mentioning; the name of this ninn, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddell ! Is it not strange, that such a genius as this, so...argument, either that the Virginians have no taste for the higher strains of the most sublime oratory, or that they are destitute of a much more important quality,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddell! Is it not strange, that such a genius as this, so...within eighty miles of the metropolis of Virginia! Section il. DR. MASON'S INTERVIEW WITH GEN. HAMILTON. On the morning of Wednesday, the llth inst. shortly... | |
 | William Wirt - 1837 - 280 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddcll ! ! Is it not strange, that such a genius as this, so...metropolis of Virginia ? To me it is a conclusive argument, cither that the Virginians have no taste for the highest strains of the most sublime oratory, or that... | |
 | William Henry Foote - 1850 - 582 páginas
...mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard - of James Waddell ! Is it not strange, that such a genius as this, so...orator, should be permitted to languish and die in obsurity, within eighty miles of the metropolis of Virginia ?" This description, like the poems of... | |
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Guess my surprise when on my arrival at Richmond, and mentioning the name of this man, I found not one person who had ever before heard of James Waddel. 
