Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes Illustrative of His Character |
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... sent from England , to pre- pare and command troops for the defence of Vir- ginia , through the summer . Hearing of the conduct of Washington as an officer , and of his reasons for giving up his commission , he invited him to become his ...
... sent from England , to pre- pare and command troops for the defence of Vir- ginia , through the summer . Hearing of the conduct of Washington as an officer , and of his reasons for giving up his commission , he invited him to become his ...
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... sent from England , and he listened to Washington's opi- nion , that the frontiers could not be freed from the attacks of the Indians , in connection with the French , until they were driven from Fort Duquesne ; for that was the place ...
... sent from England , and he listened to Washington's opi- nion , that the frontiers could not be freed from the attacks of the Indians , in connection with the French , until they were driven from Fort Duquesne ; for that was the place ...
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... sent troops there , who took possession of several forts . Wash- ington resolved to send a detachment from his army to Quebec , and he gave the command of it to Colo- nel Arnold . The orders given to him were , to pass through the ...
... sent troops there , who took possession of several forts . Wash- ington resolved to send a detachment from his army to Quebec , and he gave the command of it to Colo- nel Arnold . The orders given to him were , to pass through the ...
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... sent with a flag of truce was fired on , and he then deter- mined on attacking the town . The attack was bold but not successful , and in making it the brave Mont- gomery lost his life . The blockade of Quebec was continued for some ...
... sent with a flag of truce was fired on , and he then deter- mined on attacking the town . The attack was bold but not successful , and in making it the brave Mont- gomery lost his life . The blockade of Quebec was continued for some ...
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... sent a large portion of his army there immediately . On the 17th of March the English entered their ships , and soon the whole fleet sailed . The rest of the American army then marched to New York . The recovery of Boston caused great ...
... sent a large portion of his army there immediately . On the 17th of March the English entered their ships , and soon the whole fleet sailed . The rest of the American army then marched to New York . The recovery of Boston caused great ...
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Page 177 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 140 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
Page 29 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 173 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...
Page 163 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication that, since he has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their...
Page 133 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor?
Page 179 - Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Page 175 - Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immoveable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest...
Page 172 - ... for the last time, in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country, on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and Sovereign Arbiter of Nations, that his providential care may still be extended to the United States ; that the virtue and happiness...
Page 177 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.