The Life of George WashingtonTappan and Dennet, 1843 - 562 من الصفحات |
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... preparing him for future Events CHAPTER VI . Page 93 93 94 95 95 96 96 96 97 His Marriage Character of Mrs ... Prepared for the approaching Crisis 105 105 106 • 107 107 109 . 109 · 110 . 111 • 112 • 112 Earl of Dunmore News of ...
... preparing him for future Events CHAPTER VI . Page 93 93 94 95 95 96 96 96 97 His Marriage Character of Mrs ... Prepared for the approaching Crisis 105 105 106 • 107 107 109 . 109 · 110 . 111 • 112 • 112 Earl of Dunmore News of ...
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... prepare for War Engaged in the Affairs of the Army • 481 482 483 Washington appointed to the Command of the Army 483 485 Disputes with France adjusted Washington's last Illness His Death • Proceedings of Congress on that Occasion His ...
... prepare for War Engaged in the Affairs of the Army • 481 482 483 Washington appointed to the Command of the Army 483 485 Disputes with France adjusted Washington's last Illness His Death • Proceedings of Congress on that Occasion His ...
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... of instruc- tion to all classes , and thus prepare the way for higher seminaries of learning . Young men destined for the learned 1 . professions , whose parents could afford the expense 4 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . His Mother.
... of instruc- tion to all classes , and thus prepare the way for higher seminaries of learning . Young men destined for the learned 1 . professions , whose parents could afford the expense 4 LIFE OF WASHINGTON . His Mother.
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... preparation for a detached enterprise , the line of battle was projected and sketched on paper , each officer being assigned to his post , with the names of the regi- ments and strength of the forces he was to command . During the ...
... preparation for a detached enterprise , the line of battle was projected and sketched on paper , each officer being assigned to his post , with the names of the regi- ments and strength of the forces he was to command . During the ...
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... prepared with a buoyant spirit for his departure ; but , as the time ap- proached , the solicitude of his mother interposed with an authority , to which nature gave a claim . Proposal for him to enter the navy . CHAPTER 1 . This step ...
... prepared with a buoyant spirit for his departure ; but , as the time ap- proached , the solicitude of his mother interposed with an authority , to which nature gave a claim . Proposal for him to enter the navy . CHAPTER 1 . This step ...
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action affairs American army appointed arms arrived artillery attack baggage battle Boston British army Brunswic camp campaign cause CHAPTER Colonel Washington colonies command Commander-in-chief conduct Congress Continental Continental army Cornwallis council Count d'Estaing crossed defence Delaware detachment division effect encamped enemy enemy's engagement enlisted eral evacuated event expedition fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Lee French friends garrison Governor Governor Dinwiddie Hessians honor Howe's Hudson hundred Indians ington inhabitants Jersey killed Lafayette land letter Lord Lord Loudoun main army ment miles military militia officers opinion parties passed Pennsylvania person Philadelphia prisoners quarters rank received regiments resolved retreat returned river road sent Sir Henry Clinton Sir William soldiers soon Staten Island stationed Tanacharison thought thousand tion ton's took town Trenton troops Virginia Wash whole winter wounded York York Island
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الصفحة 380 - In this conflict of emotions, all I dare aver is, that it has been my faithful study, to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected.
الصفحة 375 - What a triumph for our enemies to verify their predictions ! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find, that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and fallacious! Would to God, that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend.
الصفحة 377 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
الصفحة 335 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence, and reprehend with severity.
الصفحة 467 - Tis well," said she, in the same voice, " all is now over; I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through.
الصفحة 409 - The confidence of the whole Union is centred in you. Your being at the helm will be more than an answer to every argument, which can be used to alarm and lead the people in any quarter into violence or secession. North and south will hang together, if they have you to hang on...
الصفحة 358 - The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way.
الصفحة 376 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same.
الصفحة 63 - 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.
الصفحة 467 - Mr. Speaker: The melancholy event which was yesterday announced with doubt, has been rendered but too certain. Our WASHINGTON is no more \ The Hero, the Sage, and the Patriot of America — the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned and all hopes were placed — lives now only in his own great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people.