George Washington: An Historical BiographyHoughton, Mifflin, 1889 - 253 pages |
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... meaning by that the Pacific Ocean ; but the country beyond the mountains had never been surveyed , and scarcely even explored . The people who called themselves Virginians looked upon those who lived beyond the Blue Ridge I.
... meaning by that the Pacific Ocean ; but the country beyond the mountains had never been surveyed , and scarcely even explored . The people who called themselves Virginians looked upon those who lived beyond the Blue Ridge I.
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An Historical Biography Horace Elisha Scudder. Virginians looked upon those who lived beyond the Blue Ridge very much as nowadays persons on the Atlantic coast look upon those who settle in Dakota or Montana . - Down from these mountains ...
An Historical Biography Horace Elisha Scudder. Virginians looked upon those who lived beyond the Blue Ridge very much as nowadays persons on the Atlantic coast look upon those who settle in Dakota or Montana . - Down from these mountains ...
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... looked over , corrected , and copied before it was sent . Very possibly Augustine Washington was absent at the time on one of his journeys ; but at any rate the boy owed most of his training to his mother , for only two years after this ...
... looked over , corrected , and copied before it was sent . Very possibly Augustine Washington was absent at the time on one of his journeys ; but at any rate the boy owed most of his training to his mother , for only two years after this ...
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... looked at one another , and no one liked to speak . Of course the mother repeated her question . " The sorrel is dead , madam , " said her son . " I killed him ! " And then he told the whole story . They say that his mother flushed with ...
... looked at one another , and no one liked to speak . Of course the mother repeated her question . " The sorrel is dead , madam , " said her son . " I killed him ! " And then he told the whole story . They say that his mother flushed with ...
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... looked with concern at a profession which would take her oldest boy into all the perils of the ocean . The influence which finally decided her to refuse her consent is said to have been this letter , which she received from her brother ...
... looked with concern at a profession which would take her oldest boy into all the perils of the ocean . The influence which finally decided her to refuse her consent is said to have been this letter , which she received from her brother ...
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Page 205 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which, to me, seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.
Page 248 - That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Page 209 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 68 - The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning,* and went to Mr. Frazier's.
Page 169 - Resolve, That General Washington shall be, and he is hereby, vested with full, ample, and complete powers to raise and collect together, in the most speedy and effectual manner, from any or all of these United States, sixteen battalions of infantry, in addition to those already voted by Congress...
Page 152 - in the pages of history to furnish a case like ours. To maintain a post, within musket shot of the enemy, for six months together, without ammunition, and, at the same time, to disband one army and recruit another, within that distance of twenty odd British regiments, is more, probably, than ever was attempted. But if we succeed as well in the last, as we have heretofore in the first, I shall think it the most fortunate event of my whole life.
Page 128 - At a time when our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the stroke, and maintain the liberty which we have derived from our ancestors.
Page 207 - If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to you that I have been a faithful friend to the army, my declaration of it at this time would be equally unavailing and improper. But, as I was among the first who embarked in the cause of our common country ; as I have never left your side one moment, but when called from you on public duty , as I have been the constant companion and witness of your distresses, and not among the last to feel and acknowledge your merits ; as...
Page 180 - At the same time, I cannot but regret that a matter of such magnitude, and so interesting to our general operations, should have reached me by report only, or through the channel of letters, not bearing that authenticity which the importance of it required, and which it would have received by a line under your signature, stating the simple fact.
Page 145 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity, and that I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years.