...Washington was one of the most imposing figures of his age, both in physique and demeanor. Considered "the best horseman of his age and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback," Washington was no less distinguished on foot. Standing nearly 6 feet, 2 inches, he towered over most...

...had consciously cultivated a style of presenting himself. Jefferson would later also describe him as "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." And so the newly appointed commander-in-chief dramatically departed Philadelphia escorted by officers...

...affections; but he exactly calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it... his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity,...sudden opinion, he was unready, short and embarrassed. . .On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect. . .and it may truly be said, that never did...

...noble." Jefferson was also inspired by Washington's striking athleticism. He thought his fellow Virginian "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." Most congressmen expected much from Washington. He was to be a conqueror and a role model, a man wh0,...

...affections; but he exactly calculated every man's value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. Although in the circle of his friends, where he might...sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. . . . His education was merely reading, writing and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying...

...learned to write in a ready, "easy and correct style," but who, as a conversationalist, or an orator, was "not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words." When "called on for a sudden opinion," Jefferson added, Washington was habitually "unready, short and...

...fluently together that one observer was put in mind of a centaur. Another wrote that he was incomparably "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback."2 He was a big man, immaculate in dress, and of such charismatic presence that he filled...

...commander and then as an honored and admired public figure. Thomas Jefferson even remembered him as "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." In the midst of all these activities, George received his earliest education, first at home from a...

...esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect, and noble ; the best horseman...be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in the coversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of...

...portrayed him more in detail: "His person, you know, was fine; his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble; the best horseman...most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal danger with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest...