The Life of General Washington: First President of the United StatesCharles Wentworth Upham T. Nelson and sons, 1856 |
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... effect . " I give you this communication of what is in prospect , that you may take your measures accordingly , by making such estimates , demands , and other arrangements , as may appear to you best calculated to produce what we want ...
... effect . " I give you this communication of what is in prospect , that you may take your measures accordingly , by making such estimates , demands , and other arrangements , as may appear to you best calculated to produce what we want ...
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... effect . I remember with what delight , in my after studies , I came to the line in Virgil that expressed all the enthu- siasm of my own feelings , as inspired by that presence , and which I could not often enough repeat : ' Credo ...
... effect . I remember with what delight , in my after studies , I came to the line in Virgil that expressed all the enthu- siasm of my own feelings , as inspired by that presence , and which I could not often enough repeat : ' Credo ...
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... effects , I intimated to the French General , the possibility and importance of im- proving the opportunity , in an attempt upon Arnold . When I received a more certain account of the total loss of the Culloden , and the dismasting of ...
... effects , I intimated to the French General , the possibility and importance of im- proving the opportunity , in an attempt upon Arnold . When I received a more certain account of the total loss of the Culloden , and the dismasting of ...
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... effect , and contrasts with spirited answers from some neighbors , that have had their houses burnt , accordingly . " You will do what you think proper about it , my dear General ; but , as your friend , it was my duty confidentially to ...
... effect , and contrasts with spirited answers from some neighbors , that have had their houses burnt , accordingly . " You will do what you think proper about it , my dear General ; but , as your friend , it was my duty confidentially to ...
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... effect , by surprise , ) and marched to the General's support , who continued skirmishing with the enemy , and endeavoring to draw . them so far into the country , that the Duke might turn their right , and cut them off from their work ...
... effect , by surprise , ) and marched to the General's support , who continued skirmishing with the enemy , and endeavoring to draw . them so far into the country , that the Duke might turn their right , and cut them off from their work ...
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Halaman 323 - The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds, in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The South, in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand.
Halaman 325 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens?
Halaman 320 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...
Halaman 337 - 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. Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several...
Halaman 320 - In the discharge of this trust I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed towards the organization and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
Halaman 122 - 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 a heartfelt satisfaction.
Halaman 122 - At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own Vine and my own Fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the Soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame, the Statesman whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient...
Halaman 316 - Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One !
Halaman 330 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure — reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Halaman 92 - 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 cap 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.