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... respect , a brilliant member of the social circles which , before the revolution , composed the vice - regal court at the old Virginia capital . Washington , at this time , possessed an ample fortune , in- dependent of that of his wife ...
... respect , a brilliant member of the social circles which , before the revolution , composed the vice - regal court at the old Virginia capital . Washington , at this time , possessed an ample fortune , in- dependent of that of his wife ...
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... respecting public affairs , was his neighbor and friend of Gunston Hall , George Mason . He was six years older than Washington , of large , sinewy frame , an active step and gait , locks of raven blackness , a dark complexion , and a ...
... respecting public affairs , was his neighbor and friend of Gunston Hall , George Mason . He was six years older than Washington , of large , sinewy frame , an active step and gait , locks of raven blackness , a dark complexion , and a ...
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... respect their cause , and wish to make it your own . For my- self , I must declare and avow , that in all my reading and study of history ( and it has been my favorite study - I have read Thucydides , and have studied and admired the ...
... respect their cause , and wish to make it your own . For my- self , I must declare and avow , that in all my reading and study of history ( and it has been my favorite study - I have read Thucydides , and have studied and admired the ...
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... obeyed the injunction of the owner , who said : " Let the hospitality of the house , with respect to the poor , be kept. BRITISH FLAG TAKEN AT YORKTOWN . WASHINGTON'S CAMP - CHEST . 118 MOUNT VERNON Domestic and Social Life at Mount Vernon.
... obeyed the injunction of the owner , who said : " Let the hospitality of the house , with respect to the poor , be kept. BRITISH FLAG TAKEN AT YORKTOWN . WASHINGTON'S CAMP - CHEST . 118 MOUNT VERNON Domestic and Social Life at Mount Vernon.
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Benson John Lossing. house , with respect to the poor , be kept up . Let no one go away hungry . If any of this kind of people should be in want of corn , supply their necessities , provided it does not encourage them in idleness ...
Benson John Lossing. house , with respect to the poor , be kept up . Let no one go away hungry . If any of this kind of people should be in want of corn , supply their necessities , provided it does not encourage them in idleness ...
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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...