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" The more I studied it, the more I became convinced that the world never presented such a combination of greatness and of meanness, of daring courage and of vile malignity, of high aspirings and of low hypocrisy. Shrewd, artful, and unscrupulous, there... "
The Rivals: A Tale of the Times of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton - Page 8
by Jeremiah Clemens - 1860 - 286 pages
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Russell's Magazine, Volume 6

Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1860 - 614 pages
...reason alone. The more I studied it, the more I became convinced that the world never presented such H combination of greatness and of meanness, of daring...Jefferson with a severity no other antagonist ever equalled. Slander was his favourite weapon, and no one stood in his way who did not feel the venom...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 55

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1860 - 854 pages
...which I do not believe he was capable. The world never presented such a combination of greatness and meanness, of daring courage and of vile malignity,...too base to be used, when its services were needful. He was loose in his own morals, even to licentiousness : slander was his favorite weapon, and no one...
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An American Colonel: A Story of Thrilling Times During the Revolution and ...

Jeremiah Clemens - United States - 1900 - 330 pages
...endeavored to contribute my mite toward relieving his memory from the unjust aspersions which embittered his life. If I accomplish nothing more than to induce...Loose in his own morals, even to licentiousness, he criticized those of Thomas Jefferson with a severity no other antagonist ever equaled. Slander was...
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Blennerhassett: Or, The Decrees of Fate; a Romance Founded Upon Events in ...

Charles Felton Pidgin - 1901 - 492 pages
...experienced orator. " The world never presented such a combination of greatness and of meanness, of apparent courage and of vile malignity, of high aspirings and...its services were needful. Loose in his own morals, he criticised those of others with a severity no other antagonist ever equaled. Slander was his favorite...
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Blennerhassett: Or, The Decrees of Fate; a Romance Founded Upon Events in ...

Charles Felton Pidgin - 1901 - 498 pages
...his sitting posture, were accompanied by the most effective gestures used by the experienced orator. accomplish his ends — no tool too base to be used...its services were needful. Loose in his own morals, he criticised those of others with a severity no other antagonist ever equaled. Slander was his favorite...
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A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

Arnold Rogow - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 374 pages
...that "the world never presented such a combination of greatness and meanness, of daring courage and vile malignity, of high aspirings and of low hypocrisy. Shrewd, artful, and unscrupulous ... no tool too base to be used (by him) when its services were needed. Loose in his own morals." 21....
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