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" He was equally fitted to excel in every thing, and has given proofs that he would have surpassed almost all other men in any subject to which he devoted the energies of his extraordinary mind. "
The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed - Page 303
by National cyclopaedia - 1884
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A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and ...

William Smith - 1850 - 1076 pages
...statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, on orator, a poet, a historian, a philologer, a mathematician, uud an architect He was equally fitted to excel in all...have surpassed almost all other men in any subject U) which he devoted the energies of his ejctraordi uary mind. During the whole of his busy lif. he...
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New Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology and Geography

sir William Smith - 1850 - 858 pages
...talents, and was distinguished by the most extraordinary attainments in the most diversified pursuits. He was at one and the same time a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect. He was equally fitted to excel in all,...
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A classical dictionary of biography [&c.].

sir William Smith - 1858 - 946 pages
...was at one and the same time a gene* ral, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect. He was equally fitted to excel in all, and bas given proofs that he would have surpassed almost all other men in any subject to which he devoted...
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A Compendium of Classical Literature: Comprising Choice Extracts Translated ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1861 - 634 pages
...and was distinguished by an extraordinary genins, and by attaiuments in very diversified pursuits. He was, at one and the same time, a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect. He seemed eqnally fitted to excel in...
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A Compendium of Classical Literature: Comprising Choice Extracts Translated ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1861 - 632 pages
...jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect. He seemed equally fitted to excel in all, and has given proofs that he would have surpassed most men in any subject to which he should devote the energies of his great mind ; and Middleton says...
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The Life and Work of Earnest Men

William King Tweedie - 1864 - 482 pages
...the nations might have possessed a different aspect; but to his other gifts, the man who was at once a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, a historian, a mathematician, and an architect, and great in nearly all of them, added a promptitude which sometimes...
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A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of ...

William Smith - 1865 - 428 pages
...and was considered to be effeminate in his dress. Caesar was probably the greatest man of antiquity. He was at one and the same time a general, a statesman,...and an architect. He was equally fitted to excel in every thing, and has given proofs that he would have surpassed almost all other men in any subject...
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A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of ...

William Smith - 1870 - 346 pages
...and was considered to be effeminate in his dress. Csesar was probably the greatest man of antiquity. He was at one and the same time a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurirf. an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologcr, a mathematician, and aii architect. He was equally...
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A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and ...

William Smith - 1871 - 1074 pages
...extraordinary attainments in the most diversified pursuits. He was at one and the same time a generid, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, a historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and au architect He was equally fitted to excel in all, and has given proofs that he would have surpassed...
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A Smaller History of Rome, from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of ...

William Smith - 1874 - 410 pages
...and was considered to be effeminate in his dress. Csesar was probably the greatest man of antiquity. He was at one and the same time a general, a statesman,...and an architect. He was equally fitted to excel in every thing, and has given proofs that he would have surpassed almost all other men in any subject...
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