Lives of Celebrated WomenBradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 352 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 79
... successful planter . They had four children , two of whom died at an early period . Martha arrived at womanhood , and died at Mount Vernon , in 1770 , and John perished at the age of twenty - seven , while in the service of his country ...
... successful planter . They had four children , two of whom died at an early period . Martha arrived at womanhood , and died at Mount Vernon , in 1770 , and John perished at the age of twenty - seven , while in the service of his country ...
الصفحة 81
... success . The glo- rious results of the campaign of 1781 were , however , associated with an event most afflictive to her . John Custis , now her only child , had accompanied Wash- ington to the siege of Boston , and had witnessed the ...
... success . The glo- rious results of the campaign of 1781 were , however , associated with an event most afflictive to her . John Custis , now her only child , had accompanied Wash- ington to the siege of Boston , and had witnessed the ...
الصفحة 93
... success in society , became as necessary to her as her daily food : her understanding , brilliant , but not profound , gathered knowledge by cursory reading and from conversation— not by hard study ; hence it was superficial . Her ...
... success in society , became as necessary to her as her daily food : her understanding , brilliant , but not profound , gathered knowledge by cursory reading and from conversation— not by hard study ; hence it was superficial . Her ...
الصفحة 94
... success in this last particular even excited the jealousy of her mother , who sought by reproof to check the outpouring of her wit and imagination . Mademoiselle listened with respect to the reproof , but took the first opportunity to ...
... success in this last particular even excited the jealousy of her mother , who sought by reproof to check the outpouring of her wit and imagination . Mademoiselle listened with respect to the reproof , but took the first opportunity to ...
الصفحة 98
... success of his own opinions . The well - disposed but weak monarch yielded to the more daring counsels of the court , and prepared to crush at once their opponents by force . But these measures were concerted without the knowledge of ...
... success of his own opinions . The well - disposed but weak monarch yielded to the more daring counsels of the court , and prepared to crush at once their opponents by force . But these measures were concerted without the knowledge of ...
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الصفحة 59 - I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in the province; it always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.
الصفحة 74 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
الصفحة 61 - Dignity with ease and complacency, the gentleman and soldier, look agreeably blended In him. Modesty marks every line and feature of his face. Those lines of Dryden instantly occurred to me: — " Mark his majestic fabric ; he 'sa temple Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; His soul 's the deity that lodges there; Nor is the pile unworthy of the god.
الصفحة 75 - My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation upon the occasion. "They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations, the important trusts, and numerous duties connected with it. That you may be enabled to discharge them with honor to yourself, with justice and impartiality to your country, and with satisfaction to this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your "AA...
الصفحة 42 - Compound of weakness and of strength, Mighty, yet ignorant of thy power ! Loftier than earth, or air, or sea, Yet meaner than the lowliest flower! Soaring towards heaven, yet clinging still To earth, by many a purer tie ! Longing to breathe a tender air, Yet fearing, trembling thus to die ! She was soon all cheerfulness and enjoyment.
الصفحة 145 - To those who know thee not, no words can paint ; And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
الصفحة 136 - Miss Reynolds told the doctor of all our rapturous exclamations on the road. He shook his scientific head at Hannah, and said, " She was a silly thing." When our visit was ended he called for his hat, (as it rained) to attend us down a very long entry to our coach, and not Rasselas could have acquitted himself more en cavalier. We are engaged with him at Sir Joshua's, Wednesday evening.
الصفحة 55 - You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you, an inactive spectator but, if the sword be drawn, I bid adieu to all domestic felicity, and look forward to that country, where there are neither wars nor rumors of war, in a firm belief, that, through the mercy of its King, we shall both rejoice there together.
الصفحة 84 - Mifflin, and Dickenson, and Stewart, and Moylan, and Hartley, and a host of veterans, were cordially welcomed as old friends, and where many an interesting reminiscence was called up, of the head-quarters and the ' times of the revolution.' " On Sundays, unless the weather was uncommonly severe, the president and Mrs. Washington attended divine service at Christ Church ; and in the evenings, the president read to Mrs. Washington, in her chamber, a sermon, or some portion of the sacred writings.
الصفحة 63 - I went to bed about twelve, and rose again a little after one. I could no more sleep than if I had been in the engagement; the rattling of the windows, the jar of the house, the continual roar of twenty-four pounders, and the bursting of shells, give us such ideas, and realize a scene to us of which we could form scarcely any conception. About six, this morning, there was quiet. I rejoiced in a few hours