Essay on the Character and Influence of Washington in the Revolution of the United States of AmericaJ. Munroe, 1840 - 188 halaman |
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... called the Temple of Mars . The First Consul , and all the civil and military authorities of the capital , were present . " - Sparks's Life of Washington , pp . 531 , 532 , note . comprising what was written and spoken by him in the X ...
... called the Temple of Mars . The First Consul , and all the civil and military authorities of the capital , were present . " - Sparks's Life of Washington , pp . 531 , 532 , note . comprising what was written and spoken by him in the X ...
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... called up anew the recollec- tions of his youth , we may be sure , that it was not without mingled emotions of pain and pleasure , that he recurred to these noble examples of moderation and justice . Insurrection , resistance to ...
... called up anew the recollec- tions of his youth , we may be sure , that it was not without mingled emotions of pain and pleasure , that he recurred to these noble examples of moderation and justice . Insurrection , resistance to ...
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... called upon to protect themselves by force , no longer finding in the established order of things either safety or shelter . Such a mo- ment is a fearful one , big with unknown events ; one , which no human sagacity can predict , and no ...
... called upon to protect themselves by force , no longer finding in the established order of things either safety or shelter . Such a mo- ment is a fearful one , big with unknown events ; one , which no human sagacity can predict , and no ...
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... called for new efforts and new sacrifices . " I believe , or at least I hope , " wrote Washington , " that there is public virtue enough left among us to deny our- selves every thing but the bare necessaries of life , to accomplish this ...
... called for new efforts and new sacrifices . " I believe , or at least I hope , " wrote Washington , " that there is public virtue enough left among us to deny our- selves every thing but the bare necessaries of life , to accomplish this ...
Halaman 39
... called upon to march , encamp , and fight , in a country of immense extent , thinly peopled , in parts uncultivated , through vast swamps * In his instructions to Colonel George Baylor , 9th of January , 1777 ; Washington's Writings ...
... called upon to march , encamp , and fight , in a country of immense extent , thinly peopled , in parts uncultivated , through vast swamps * In his instructions to Colonel George Baylor , 9th of January , 1777 ; Washington's Writings ...
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Halaman 176 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Halaman 183 - With me, a predominant motive has been to endeavor to gain time to our country to settle and mature its yet recent institutions, and to progress -without interruption, to that degree of strength and consistency, which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes.
Halaman 49 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Halaman 111 - Their creed is, that the property of the United States has been protected from the confiscation of Britain by the joint exertions of all ; and therefore ought to be the common property of all ; and he that attempts opposition to this creed is an enemy to equity and justice, and ought to be swept from off the face of the earth.
Halaman 41 - I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets.
Halaman 101 - 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 in company with Mr.
Halaman 132 - I shall not, whilst I have the honor to administer the government, bring a man into any office of consequence knowingly, whose political tenets are adverse to the measures, which the general government are pursuing ; for this, in my opinion, would be a sort of political suicide.
Halaman 40 - For some days past, there has been little less than a famine in camp. A part of the army has been a week without any kind of flesh, and the rest three or four days.
Halaman 181 - He did the two greatest things which, in politics, man can have the privilege of attempting. He maintained, by peace, that independence of his country, which he had acquired by war. He founded a free government, in the name of the principles of order, and by re-establishing their sway.
Halaman 96 - We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.