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... feet above the water . Before it swept the Potomac with a magnificent curve , its broad bosom swarming with the grace- ful swan , the gull , the wild duck , and smaller water - fowl ; and beyond lay the green fields and shadowy forests ...
... feet above the water . Before it swept the Potomac with a magnificent curve , its broad bosom swarming with the grace- ful swan , the gull , the wild duck , and smaller water - fowl ; and beyond lay the green fields and shadowy forests ...
Page 66
... feet two inches in height , and admirably proportioned . His hair was a rich dark - brown ; his eyes grayish - blue and expressive of deep thought ; his complexion florid , and his features regular and rather heavy . Washington's wife ...
... feet two inches in height , and admirably proportioned . His hair was a rich dark - brown ; his eyes grayish - blue and expressive of deep thought ; his complexion florid , and his features regular and rather heavy . Washington's wife ...
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... feet in length and five * J + 7 + 7 • 5 * HESSIAN FLAG TAKEN AT TRENTON . feet four inches in width . The ground was blue ; the cen- tral stripe of the cross red ; the marginal ones white . In the centre was a crown , and beneath it a ...
... feet in length and five * J + 7 + 7 • 5 * HESSIAN FLAG TAKEN AT TRENTON . feet four inches in width . The ground was blue ; the cen- tral stripe of the cross red ; the marginal ones white . In the centre was a crown , and beneath it a ...
Page 137
... feet , which , without them , would be nearly twelve feet apart . Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to dis- cover that apples will make pies ; and it is a question if , in the violence of his efforts , we do not get one of ...
... feet , which , without them , would be nearly twelve feet apart . Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to dis- cover that apples will make pies ; and it is a question if , in the violence of his efforts , we do not get one of ...
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... feet are British flags , and Hovering by his side is the whose talons the lightning a broken spear , shield , and chain . eagle , our national emblem , from of destruction is flashing upon the British lion . Britannia , with the crown ...
... feet are British flags , and Hovering by his side is the whose talons the lightning a broken spear , shield , and chain . eagle , our national emblem , from of destruction is flashing upon the British lion . Britannia , with the crown ...
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Page 111 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 335 - I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.
Page 147 - 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 heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
Page 335 - I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead.
Page 63 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Page 414 - Negroes, as to excite the most painful sensations, if not disagreeable consequences from the latter while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor ; it not being in my power, under the tenure by which the dower Negroes are held, to manumit them.
Page 418 - States, to which the youths of fortune and talents from all parts thereof may be sent for the completion of their education, in all the branches of polite literature, in arts and sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other, and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which...
Page 206 - I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage ; but what returns will be made for them, heaven alone can foretell. Integrity and firmness are all I can promise. These, be the voyage long or short, shall never forsake me,...
Page 148 - I conceive a wearied traveller must do, who, after treading many a painful step with a heavy burden on his shoulders, is eased of the latter, having reached the haven to which all the former were directed ; and from his house-top is looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his way ; and into which none but the all-powerful Guide and Dispenser of human events could have prevented his falling.
Page 47 - I might, was my heart disengaged, pass my time very pleasantly as there's a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house, (Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister.) But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave...