The Life of General Washington: First President of the United StatesCharles Wentworth Upham T. Nelson and sons, 1856 |
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... former flourishing condition . 66 Accept my acknowledgements for the polite and obliging manner , in which you have been pleased to com- municate to me the sentiments of your fellow - citizens , and the assurances of my warmest esteem ...
... former flourishing condition . 66 Accept my acknowledgements for the polite and obliging manner , in which you have been pleased to com- municate to me the sentiments of your fellow - citizens , and the assurances of my warmest esteem ...
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... former , who had , upon several occasions , distin- guished himself , particularly in the defence of the post of Red Bank , in 1777 , when he defeated Count Donop . I enclose a return of our loss upon the late occasion . " The enemy ...
... former , who had , upon several occasions , distin- guished himself , particularly in the defence of the post of Red Bank , in 1777 , when he defeated Count Donop . I enclose a return of our loss upon the late occasion . " The enemy ...
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... former ; and , should the latter take place , we shall be amply repaid our expenses , by liberating the southern States , where we have found , by experience , we are vulnerable . 66 The Arguments , surely , cannot be wanting , to ...
... former ; and , should the latter take place , we shall be amply repaid our expenses , by liberating the southern States , where we have found , by experience , we are vulnerable . 66 The Arguments , surely , cannot be wanting , to ...
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... former letter . I am very fearful that about fifteen hundred barrels of salt provisions , and thirty hogsheads of rum , which I directed to be sent from Connecticut and Rhode Island , under convoy of the Count de Barras , would not have ...
... former letter . I am very fearful that about fifteen hundred barrels of salt provisions , and thirty hogsheads of rum , which I directed to be sent from Connecticut and Rhode Island , under convoy of the Count de Barras , would not have ...
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... former by water , with as many troops as can go by that conveyance , and march the others by land . I have the honor to be , & c . " " To Count de Grasse " Head of Elk , 6 September , 1781 . " SIR , -I have been honored by your ...
... former by water , with as many troops as can go by that conveyance , and march the others by land . I have the honor to be , & c . " " To Count de Grasse " Head of Elk , 6 September , 1781 . " SIR , -I have been honored by your ...
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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.