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... living at Belvoir , but secretly resolving to go over the Blue Mountains of the West , and make his home in the deep wilderness , away from the haunts of men . Thither he went a few years later , and in the great valley of Virginia took ...
... living at Belvoir , but secretly resolving to go over the Blue Mountains of the West , and make his home in the deep wilderness , away from the haunts of men . Thither he went a few years later , and in the great valley of Virginia took ...
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... church at Pohick or at Alexandria . Like other gentlemen living near the Potomac , Washington was fond of aquatic sports . He kept a handsome barge , which , on special occasions , was manned by black oarsmen in AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 77 '
... church at Pohick or at Alexandria . Like other gentlemen living near the Potomac , Washington was fond of aquatic sports . He kept a handsome barge , which , on special occasions , was manned by black oarsmen in AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 77 '
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... living truths , for the maintenance of which the husband- man of Mount Vernon drew his sword a few years later . His soul was fired with the sense of oppression and the thoughts of freedom , yet his sober judgment and calculating ...
... living truths , for the maintenance of which the husband- man of Mount Vernon drew his sword a few years later . His soul was fired with the sense of oppression and the thoughts of freedom , yet his sober judgment and calculating ...
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... living , that I do not choose to continue it when dead . " Major Gates was three years the senior of Washington , and is supposed to have been a natural son of Horace Walpole . He was an officer in the British army during the French and ...
... living , that I do not choose to continue it when dead . " Major Gates was three years the senior of Washington , and is supposed to have been a natural son of Horace Walpole . He was an officer in the British army during the French and ...
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... living is plain , " he wrote to a friend , “ and I do not mean to be put out by it . A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready , and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome . Those who expect more will ...
... living is plain , " he wrote to a friend , “ and I do not mean to be put out by it . A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready , and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome . Those who expect more will ...
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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 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 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 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 feel now, however, as 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...
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 203 - Convention you represent for the Presidency of the United States, for four years from the 4th of March next, has been received.
Page 66 - I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to • find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world.
Page 415 - ... or of any active employment,) to remain in the situation he now is, it shall be optional in him to do so; in either case, however, I allow him an annuity of thirty dollars, during his natural life, which shall be independent of the victuals and...