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... sent to Mount Vernon ... . 179 180 183 Washington's Pack before the Revolution . The French Hounds .. 184 A magnificent Chimney - piece presented to Washington . Description of the Chimney - piece ....... 185 186 Description of the Fire ...
... sent to Mount Vernon ... . 179 180 183 Washington's Pack before the Revolution . The French Hounds .. 184 A magnificent Chimney - piece presented to Washington . Description of the Chimney - piece ....... 185 186 Description of the Fire ...
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... sent to Washington .... Thomas Paine's Letter on the subject . Correspondence ... Washington's Spy - glass . Anecdote connected with it ... Washington ' Pocket Spy - glass presented to Andrew Jackson . Pistols presented to Washington ...
... sent to Washington .... Thomas Paine's Letter on the subject . Correspondence ... Washington's Spy - glass . Anecdote connected with it ... Washington ' Pocket Spy - glass presented to Andrew Jackson . Pistols presented to Washington ...
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... sent for . Critical Situation . His Wills .... Washington's Directions about his Papers . Death near .. His Consideration for every one . His last Words ..... His death . Mrs. Washington at his Bedside ..... The Room in which Washington ...
... sent for . Critical Situation . His Wills .... Washington's Directions about his Papers . Death near .. His Consideration for every one . His last Words ..... His death . Mrs. Washington at his Bedside ..... The Room in which Washington ...
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... sent to me a few years ago , by a son of Richard Henry Lee ( who then possessed the originals ) , and are as follows : RICHARD HENRY LEE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON . " Pa brought me two pretty books full of pictures he got them in Alexandria ...
... sent to me a few years ago , by a son of Richard Henry Lee ( who then possessed the originals ) , and are as follows : RICHARD HENRY LEE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON . " Pa brought me two pretty books full of pictures he got them in Alexandria ...
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... sent by him to his boy - friend , George Washington . The poetical effusion was , I have heard , written by a Mr. Howard , a gentleman who used to visit at the house of Mr. Washington . " noble domain of many hundred acres , stretching ...
... sent by him to his boy - friend , George Washington . The poetical effusion was , I have heard , written by a Mr. Howard , a gentleman who used to visit at the house of Mr. Washington . " noble domain of many hundred acres , stretching ...
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Popular passages
Page 334 - 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 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 348 - Taught by the great example, which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request made by Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I cannot say, what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty.
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 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 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 137 - ... feet apart. Of late he has had 'the surprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies ; and it is a question if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples, instead of having both of beef-steaks.
Page 336 - Tis well,' said he." About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock) his breathing became easier. He lay quietly ; he withdrew his hand from mine and felt his own pulse. I saw his countenance change. I spoke to Dr. Craik, who sat by the fire. He came to the bedside. The general's hand fell from his wrist. I took it in mine and pressed it to my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hands over his [the general's] eyes, and he expired without a struggle or a sigh.
Page 209 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.