Soldier and Patriot. The Story of George Washington. [With a Portrait.]Cassell, 1873 - 255 pages |
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... hearts , " & c . , figure in them largely , and flow in such couplets as this : - " Ah , woe is me , that I should love and conceal ! Long have I wished and never dare reveal . " Sometimes George went to stay at Belvoir with the Fair-
... hearts , " & c . , figure in them largely , and flow in such couplets as this : - " Ah , woe is me , that I should love and conceal ! Long have I wished and never dare reveal . " Sometimes George went to stay at Belvoir with the Fair-
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... never had my clothes off , but have lain and slept in them , except the few nights I have been in Fredericktown . " Such was George Washington's education . He went to no college , he learnt no Latin or Greek ; as far as books went , he ...
... never had my clothes off , but have lain and slept in them , except the few nights I have been in Fredericktown . " Such was George Washington's education . He went to no college , he learnt no Latin or Greek ; as far as books went , he ...
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... never been decided . The Indians , who owned the soil , retreated steadily before the two conquering nations , trying vainly to make favourable terms with either of them . Sometimes they allied themselves to the French , hoping that ...
... never been decided . The Indians , who owned the soil , retreated steadily before the two conquering nations , trying vainly to make favourable terms with either of them . Sometimes they allied themselves to the French , hoping that ...
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... never stopped until the following night , when to their joy they found themselves on the banks of the Alleghany river , and close to the place they had wished to reach . They had hoped to cross on the ice , as they had expected to find ...
... never stopped until the following night , when to their joy they found themselves on the banks of the Alleghany river , and close to the place they had wished to reach . They had hoped to cross on the ice , as they had expected to find ...
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... never lowering his own standard of right and wrong to please them . It was his daily custom to have public prayers in his camp , at which he assembled all the soldiery , and the Indian warriors with their wives and children ; and this ...
... never lowering his own standard of right and wrong to please them . It was his daily custom to have public prayers in his camp , at which he assembled all the soldiery , and the Indian warriors with their wives and children ; and this ...
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Page 251 - ... employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively, though often covertly and insidiously, directed, — it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 11 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 254 - How far, in the discharge of my official duties, I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world.
Page 251 - I beg you, at the same time, to do me the justice to be assured, that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country...
Page 246 - After deliberate examination, with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest to take, a Neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance, and firmness.
Page 211 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 74 - ... through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection; when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us, I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt and die away within me. My rigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Page 254 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish— that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
Page 88 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 213 - I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country, to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.