The Life of General Washington: First President of the United StatesCharles Wentworth Upham T. Nelson and sons, 1856 |
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... cause , at the time of its date , are given in the following extracts from a letter , written by him , on the 9th of April , 1781 , to Colonel John Laurens , at Paris . " On the first notice of the storm , which happened on the 22d of ...
... cause , at the time of its date , are given in the following extracts from a letter , written by him , on the 9th of April , 1781 , to Colonel John Laurens , at Paris . " On the first notice of the storm , which happened on the 22d of ...
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... cause . The new direction which was given to the course of affairs , by Count de Grasse's going with his fleet to the Chesapeake , rather than to New York , will be best seen in extracts from Washington's letters . On the 15th of August ...
... cause . The new direction which was given to the course of affairs , by Count de Grasse's going with his fleet to the Chesapeake , rather than to New York , will be best seen in extracts from Washington's letters . On the 15th of August ...
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... cause would dictate . I had in- variably flattered myself , from the accounts given me by skilful mariners , that your position , moored in the Ches- apeake , might be made so respectable as to bid defiance to any attempt on the part of ...
... cause would dictate . I had in- variably flattered myself , from the accounts given me by skilful mariners , that your position , moored in the Ches- apeake , might be made so respectable as to bid defiance to any attempt on the part of ...
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... of those , which you have made on the present occasion , I flatter myself , that the result of the operations , conducted under your auspices , will compen- sate them by its utility to the common cause . 50 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... of those , which you have made on the present occasion , I flatter myself , that the result of the operations , conducted under your auspices , will compen- sate them by its utility to the common cause . 50 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... cause . Your Excellency may depend on every assistance , that the al- lied armies can give , relatively to the battery which you propose at Point Comfort , and that our utmost exertions will be used in hastening the investment of the ...
... cause . Your Excellency may depend on every assistance , that the al- lied armies can give , relatively to the battery which you propose at Point Comfort , and that our utmost exertions will be used in hastening the investment of the ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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 !
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.