 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1857 - 416 pages
...Tecum* The ejtpresiiive term among the Indians <or " cowan!." seh was as politic as he was brave ; he saw that the time had not yet come for him to strike ; and he wisely avoided a conflict. The council was broken up, however ; and all hope of securing... | |
 | Ross Winans - 1873 - 496 pages
...departed again into a mountain himself alone." This he did, probably, because, by his far-sightedness, he saw that the time had not yet come for him to assert his right to the position. There being, at that moment, no general movement of the populace... | |
 | Victor Duruy - 1883 - 436 pages
...respected by the people, he possessed an influence which he refused to employ, because he did not desire an obscure consulship, and he saw that the time had...only twenty-eight years of age and could have aspired so high only by violating the law. But he took pleasure in showing his influence by supporting a candidate... | |
 | Victor Duruy - 1883 - 436 pages
...respected by the people, he possessed an influence which he refused to employ, because he did not desire an obscure consulship, and he saw that the time had...only twenty-eight years of age and could have aspired so high only by violating the law. But he took pleasure in showing his influence by supporting a candidate... | |
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... Asculum, during the Social war, he had taken only a few books. This, again, was a happy peculiarity, a reproach to the conquerors, as it were, and a hope for the conquered. Beloved by the soldiers, respected by the people, he possessed an influence... 