 | United States. Supreme Court - 1817 - 528 pàgines
...by the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant...was presented, that it required the exercise of that r.old investigating faculty which ought always to belong to those who sit on this bench, to discover... | |
 | William Pinkney, Henry Wheaton - 1826 - 646 pàgines
...vessel and her freighter as forming a single " figure, composed of the most discordant mate" rials of Peace and War. So exquisite was the •• skill of the artist , so dazzling .thc garb in which " the figure was presented, that it required the " exercise of that cold investigating... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 536 pàgines
...the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn, exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure, composed of the most,...always to belong to those who sit on this bench, to discover its only imperfection—its want of resemblance. " The Nereide has not that centaur-like appearance... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 550 pàgines
...the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn, exhibiting the vessel and her freighter, as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant...always to belong to those who sit on this bench to discover its only imperfection — its want of resemblance" The decision of the Chief-Justice in this... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1855 - 702 pàgines
...the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn, exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant...always to belong to those who sit on this bench, to discover its only imperfection ; its want of resemblance. The Nereide has not that centaur-like appearance... | |
 | Edward Griffin Parker - 1857 - 446 pàgines
...the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn ; exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure composed of the most discordant...always to belong to those who sit on this Bench, to discover its only imperfection, — its want of resemblance." Judge Story, however, thought there was... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1870
...justice. He said that a splendid portrait had been drawn, exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant...of peace and war. " So exquisite was the skill of tha artist, so dazzling the garb in which the figure was presented, that it required the exercise of... | |
 | 1873 - 480 pàgines
...follows, in his opinion, to the argument : " So exquisite was the skill of the artist; so daxzling the garb in which the figure was presented, that it...always to belong to those who sit on this bench, to discover its only imperfection, — its want of resemblance." To say that Pinkney stood first as an... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1882 - 760 pàgines
...the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn, exhibiting the vessel and her freighter, as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant...always to belong to those who sit on this bench to discover its only imperfection — its want of resemblance.'' The decision of the Chief-Justice in... | |
 | Hampton Lawrence Carson - 1892 - 472 pàgines
...the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn, exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant...always to belong to those who sit on this bench, to discover its only imperfection, — its want of resemblance. The Nereide has not that Centaur-like... | |
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With a pencil dipped in the most vivid colors, and guided by the hand of a master, a splendid portrait has been drawn exhibiting this vessel and her freighter as forming a single figure, composed of the most discordant materials, of peace and war. So... 
