The Life of General Washington: First President of the United StatesCharles Wentworth Upham T. Nelson and sons, 1856 |
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... manner in which you are pleased to announce it . The measures we have been taking for the expedition to Virginia will delay , some time , my visit to Rhode Island . I wait to see , whether Sir Henry Clinton may form any new projects in ...
... manner in which you are pleased to announce it . The measures we have been taking for the expedition to Virginia will delay , some time , my visit to Rhode Island . I wait to see , whether Sir Henry Clinton may form any new projects in ...
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... my acknowledgements for the polite and obliging manner , in which you have been pleased to com- municate to me the sentiments of your fellow - citizens , and the assurances of my warmest esteem for them and 12 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... my acknowledgements for the polite and obliging manner , in which you have been pleased to com- municate to me the sentiments of your fellow - citizens , and the assurances of my warmest esteem for them and 12 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... manner the beautiful speech which now graces our columns . The whole company were electrified by his patriotic enthu- siasm ; and one of the guests , before they separated , begged that he would take the trouble to put on paper what he ...
... manner the beautiful speech which now graces our columns . The whole company were electrified by his patriotic enthu- siasm ; and one of the guests , before they separated , begged that he would take the trouble to put on paper what he ...
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... manner the fleet of his Most Christian Majesty is to be employed in the West Indies , this summer , or , to inquire , at what epoch it may be expected on this coast ; but the appearance and aid of it , in this quarter , are of such ...
... manner the fleet of his Most Christian Majesty is to be employed in the West Indies , this summer , or , to inquire , at what epoch it may be expected on this coast ; but the appearance and aid of it , in this quarter , are of such ...
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... manner in which he manoeuvred his forces , and baffled the efforts of Lord Cornwallis , in Virginia ; while Washington , with the main combined American and French army , was meditating an effectual stroke upon the British Commander ...
... manner in which he manoeuvred his forces , and baffled the efforts of Lord Cornwallis , in Virginia ; while Washington , with the main combined American and French army , was meditating an effectual stroke upon the British Commander ...
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Seite 323 - The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds, in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The South, in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand.
Seite 325 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens?
Seite 320 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...
Seite 337 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several...
Seite 320 - In the discharge of this trust I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed towards the organization and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
Seite 122 - I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life with a heartfelt satisfaction.
Seite 122 - At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own Vine and my own Fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the Soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame, the Statesman whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient...
Seite 316 - Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One !
Seite 330 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure — reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Seite 92 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs, that cap befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.