The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of WashingtonD. Appleton, 1856 - 408 من الصفحات |
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... wrote to his daughter Catherine , " The com- plaisance with which we treat the British prisoners , considering how they treat us when in captivity , of which you justly complain , is what the Congress can never answer to their con ...
... wrote to his daughter Catherine , " The com- plaisance with which we treat the British prisoners , considering how they treat us when in captivity , of which you justly complain , is what the Congress can never answer to their con ...
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... wrote to Washington advising him of the happy event . The Chief answered in one of the few examples of written pleasantry we have from him . " I was , " he says , " not less delighted than surprised to meet the plain American words ...
... wrote to Washington advising him of the happy event . The Chief answered in one of the few examples of written pleasantry we have from him . " I was , " he says , " not less delighted than surprised to meet the plain American words ...
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... wrote to him frequently until she died . Foreigners of rank rarely visited Wilmington , after Miss Vining's retirement from the society of Philadelphia , with- out soliciting an introduction to her . Among her guests were the Duke de ...
... wrote to him frequently until she died . Foreigners of rank rarely visited Wilmington , after Miss Vining's retirement from the society of Philadelphia , with- out soliciting an introduction to her . Among her guests were the Duke de ...
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... wrote to Lafayette , " At length , my dear Mar- quis , 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 ...
... wrote to Lafayette , " At length , my dear Mar- quis , 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 ...
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... wrote : " The disinclination of the individual states to yield competent powers to Congress for the federal go- vernment , their unreasonable jealousy of that body , and of one an- other , and the disposition which seems to pervade each ...
... wrote : " The disinclination of the individual states to yield competent powers to Congress for the federal go- vernment , their unreasonable jealousy of that body , and of one an- other , and the disposition which seems to pervade each ...
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الصفحة 144 - ... of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude,...
الصفحة 5 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
الصفحة 5 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
الصفحة 359 - The situation in which I now stand for the last time, in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the universe, and sovereign arbiter of nations, that his providential care may still be extended...
الصفحة 34 - 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 heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
الصفحة 358 - ... every act of my administration would be tortured, and the grossest and most insidious misrepresentations of them be made, by giving one side only of a subject, and that, too, in such exaggerated and indecent terms as could scarcely be applied to a Nero, a notorious defaulter, or even to a common pickpocket.
الصفحة 143 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens, a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence, one, who, inheriting inferior endowments from nature, and unpractised in the duties of civil administration, ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies.
الصفحة 143 - Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential...
الصفحة 143 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
الصفحة 186 - Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows, broad and damp, The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his majestic tread ; Yes, within this very room Sat he in those hours of gloom, Weary both in heart and head.