The Life of General Washington: First President of the United StatesCharles Wentworth Upham T. Nelson and sons, 1856 |
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... pleasure to inform you , that the whole fleet went out with a fair wind this they were serious in making such a demand of so old a man ; and being assured that they were , he said , if they would suspend their hilarity for a few moments ...
... pleasure to inform you , that the whole fleet went out with a fair wind this they were serious in making such a demand of so old a man ; and being assured that they were , he said , if they would suspend their hilarity for a few moments ...
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... pleasure I do myself the honor to trans- mit to your Excellency the enclosed copy of a letter from General Gist . It announces the safe arrival in the Ches- apeake of Admiral de Grasse , with twenty - eight ships of the line . On this ...
... pleasure I do myself the honor to trans- mit to your Excellency the enclosed copy of a letter from General Gist . It announces the safe arrival in the Ches- apeake of Admiral de Grasse , with twenty - eight ships of the line . On this ...
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... pleasure in finding , that your ideas on every occasion have been so consonant to my own , and that by your military dispositions and pru- dent measures you have anticipated all my wishes . Every thing has hitherto succeeded agreeably ...
... pleasure in finding , that your ideas on every occasion have been so consonant to my own , and that by your military dispositions and pru- dent measures you have anticipated all my wishes . Every thing has hitherto succeeded agreeably ...
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... pleasure of communicating with you . personally in a few days , and of making every arrange- ment , in conjunction with the Admiral , which may be deemed necessary . I am , & c . " To the Marquis de Lafayette " Mount Vernon , 10 ...
... pleasure of communicating with you . personally in a few days , and of making every arrange- ment , in conjunction with the Admiral , which may be deemed necessary . I am , & c . " To the Marquis de Lafayette " Mount Vernon , 10 ...
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... pleasure , which I have in congratulating your Excellency on your return to your former station in the Bay , and the happy circumstance of forming a junction with the squadron of the Count de Barras . I take particular satisfaction in ...
... pleasure , which I have in congratulating your Excellency on your return to your former station in the Bay , and the happy circumstance of forming a junction with the squadron of the Count de Barras . I take particular satisfaction in ...
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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.