The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together in OrderJohn C. Winston Company, 1911 - 709 من الصفحات |
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... honor of his priory and filling the abbot's chair for thirty years , he died , to use an ancient phrase , " in all the odor of sanc- tity , " in 1446 , and was buried like a soldier on his battle- field , at the door of the north aisle ...
... honor of his priory and filling the abbot's chair for thirty years , he died , to use an ancient phrase , " in all the odor of sanc- tity , " in 1446 , and was buried like a soldier on his battle- field , at the door of the north aisle ...
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... honor , married into good families , and under the Stuarts two were knighted and a third served as page to Prince Charles . Lawrence , a brother of the three thus distinguished , matriculated at Oxford as a " generosi filius " ( the ...
... honor , married into good families , and under the Stuarts two were knighted and a third served as page to Prince Charles . Lawrence , a brother of the three thus distinguished , matriculated at Oxford as a " generosi filius " ( the ...
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... honor of his public and private virtues the parish in which he resided was called after him , and still bears the name of Washington . He lies buried in a vault on Bridges ' Creek , which , for generations , was the family place of ...
... honor of his public and private virtues the parish in which he resided was called after him , and still bears the name of Washington . He lies buried in a vault on Bridges ' Creek , which , for generations , was the family place of ...
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... honor , their small force having sustained a loss of about six hundred in killed and wounded . Lawrence Washington returned home in the autumn of 1742 , the campaigns in the West Indies being ended , and Admiral Vernon and General ...
... honor , their small force having sustained a loss of about six hundred in killed and wounded . Lawrence Washington returned home in the autumn of 1742 , the campaigns in the West Indies being ended , and Admiral Vernon and General ...
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... honor both in the East and West Indies , and officiated as Governor of New Providence after having aided in rescuing it from pirates . For some years past he had resided in Virginia , to manage the immense landed estates of his cousin ...
... honor both in the East and West Indies , and officiated as Governor of New Providence after having aided in rescuing it from pirates . For some years past he had resided in Virginia , to manage the immense landed estates of his cousin ...
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الصفحة 215 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave ; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of Government for the security of their union, and the advancement of...
الصفحة 16 - To overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
الصفحة 265 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
الصفحة 316 - I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead.
الصفحة 55 - Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
الصفحة 214 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
الصفحة 198 - You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.
الصفحة 275 - The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army...
الصفحة 314 - Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long.
الصفحة 215 - ... but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to favor the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government, for the security of their union, and the advancement of their happiness; so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures...