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... have been careful and extensive . The engravings of the seals are copied , by his permission , from a work of his now in preparation for the press . moulding his moral character . Upon a fly - leaf AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 31.
... have been careful and extensive . The engravings of the seals are copied , by his permission , from a work of his now in preparation for the press . moulding his moral character . Upon a fly - leaf AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 31.
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... prepared to strike an avenging blow , and the French determined to help them . England and her colonies were aroused . Four regiments , for service in the West Indies , were to be raised in the American col- onies ; and from ...
... prepared to strike an avenging blow , and the French determined to help them . England and her colonies were aroused . Four regiments , for service in the West Indies , were to be raised in the American col- onies ; and from ...
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... preparing to enter the English navy as a midshipman , a warrant having been pro- cured . His brother and Mr. Fairfax encouraged his inclina- tion , and his mother's reluctant consent was obtained . A vessel - of - war was lying in the ...
... preparing to enter the English navy as a midshipman , a warrant having been pro- cured . His brother and Mr. Fairfax encouraged his inclina- tion , and his mother's reluctant consent was obtained . A vessel - of - war was lying in the ...
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... prepare his domain for settlement , by running boundary lines between large sections . The lad gladly acceded to the proposition , and just a month from the time he was sixteen years of age , he set off upon the arduous and responsible ...
... prepare his domain for settlement , by running boundary lines between large sections . The lad gladly acceded to the proposition , and just a month from the time he was sixteen years of age , he set off upon the arduous and responsible ...
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... preparing to join him there , when word came that hope's promises had faded forever , and that her husband was coming home to die . He came when the bloom of May was upon the land , and before the close of July he was laid in the grave ...
... preparing to join him there , when word came that hope's promises had faded forever , and that her husband was coming home to die . He came when the bloom of May was upon the land , and before the close of July he was laid in the grave ...
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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 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 173 - The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have caused this Statue to be erected as a Monument of Affection and Gratitude to George Washington, who, uniting to the Endowments of the Hero the Virtues of the Patriot, and exerting both in establishing the Liberties of his Country, has rendered his Name dear to his Fellow Citizens, and given the World an immortal Example of true Glory.
Page 413 - To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes...
Page 294 - Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment, that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a jubilee in the United States.