The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Volume 1Crissy & Markley, 1848 |
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... thing , a prey to the enemy : and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we ... things , we were totally defeated , and have sustained the loss of every thing . " + In a sermon preached not long ...
... thing , a prey to the enemy : and when we endeavoured to rally them , in hopes of regaining the ground , and what we ... things , we were totally defeated , and have sustained the loss of every thing . " + In a sermon preached not long ...
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... things , he endeavoured to collect and arm the men who had abandoned their houses , and to remove their wives and children to a distance from this scene of desolation and carnage . Press- ing orders were at the same time despatched to ...
... things , he endeavoured to collect and arm the men who had abandoned their houses , and to remove their wives and children to a distance from this scene of desolation and carnage . Press- ing orders were at the same time despatched to ...
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... things . " I see their situation , " said he , in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them farther relief than uncertain promises . In ...
... things . " I see their situation , " said he , in a letter to the Lieutenant Governor , " I know their danger , and participate their sufferings , without having it in my power to give them farther relief than uncertain promises . In ...
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... thing but villany , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . " " If it be possible that **** , for my belief is staggered , not being con- scious of having given the least cause to any one ...
... thing but villany , as the above is , could impress you with so ill an opinion of my honour and honesty . " " If it be possible that **** , for my belief is staggered , not being con- scious of having given the least cause to any one ...
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... things from appearances , or by the lump . Yet every f ** 1 will have his notions - will prattle and talk away ; and why may not I ? We seem then , in my opinion , to act under the guid- ance of an evil genius . The conduct of our ...
... things from appearances , or by the lump . Yet every f ** 1 will have his notions - will prattle and talk away ; and why may not I ? We seem then , in my opinion , to act under the guid- ance of an evil genius . The conduct of our ...
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Page 23 - Britain ; and finally we do assert end declare these colonies to be free and independent states, and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
Page 22 - They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity, [and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, reestablished them in power. At this very time, too, they...
Page 429 - ... provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Page 79 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Page 19 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for naturalization of Foreigners refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither and raising the Conditions of new appropriations of Lands...
Page 236 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Page 26 - I call upon the honour of your Lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 86 - The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against. them. Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a freeman contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
Page 230 - I find myself just able to hold the pen during a few minutes, and take this opportunity of expressing my sincere grief for having done, written, or said any thing disagreeable to your Excellency. My career will soon be over ; therefore justice and truth prompt me to declare my last sentiments. You are in my eyes the great and good man. May you long enjoy the love, veneration, and esteem of these States, whose liberties you have asserted by your virtues.
Page 26 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this House or in this country.