Life of George Washington, المجلد 1G.P. Putnam & Company, 1855 |
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... Measures - Washington quits the Service - Overtures of Governor Sharpe , of Maryland - Washington's dignified Reply - Questions of Rank between Royal and Provincial Troops - Treatment of the French Prisoners - Fate of La Force ...
... Measures - Washington quits the Service - Overtures of Governor Sharpe , of Maryland - Washington's dignified Reply - Questions of Rank between Royal and Provincial Troops - Treatment of the French Prisoners - Fate of La Force ...
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... Measures for Public Safety - Washington in Command - Head - quarters at Winchester - Lord Fairfax and his Troop of Horse - Indian Ravages - Panic at Winchester - Cause of the Alarm - Operations elsewhere - Shirley against Niagara ...
... Measures for Public Safety - Washington in Command - Head - quarters at Winchester - Lord Fairfax and his Troop of Horse - Indian Ravages - Panic at Winchester - Cause of the Alarm - Operations elsewhere - Shirley against Niagara ...
الصفحة xiii
... Measures of the Bostonians , • 336 CHAPTER XXIX . Cheerful life at Mount Vernon - Washington and George Mason - Cor- respondence concerning the Non - importation Agreement - Feeling toward England - Opening of the Legislative Session ...
... Measures of the Bostonians , • 336 CHAPTER XXIX . Cheerful life at Mount Vernon - Washington and George Mason - Cor- respondence concerning the Non - importation Agreement - Feeling toward England - Opening of the Legislative Session ...
الصفحة xv
... Measures Expedition against the Military Magazine at Concord -Battle of Lexington - The cry of Blood through the Land- Old Soldiers of the French War - John Stark - Israel Putnam- Rising of the Yeomanry - Measures of Lord Dunmore in ...
... Measures Expedition against the Military Magazine at Concord -Battle of Lexington - The cry of Blood through the Land- Old Soldiers of the French War - John Stark - Israel Putnam- Rising of the Yeomanry - Measures of Lord Dunmore in ...
الصفحة xvi
... Measures - Debates about the Army- Question as to Commander - in - chief - Appointment of Washington -Other Appointments - Letters of Washington to his Wife and Brother Preparations for Departure , 448 CHAPTER XL . More Troops arrive at ...
... Measures - Debates about the Army- Question as to Commander - in - chief - Appointment of Washington -Other Appointments - Letters of Washington to his Wife and Brother Preparations for Departure , 448 CHAPTER XL . More Troops arrive at ...
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advance affairs American appointed arms army arrived artillery Assembly attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother camp campaign Captain Colonel colonies command conduct Congress council Creek Crown Point Cumberland detachment Duquesne encamped endeavored enemy England English expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Necessity French frontier Gage garrison gave George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie guard half-king Hill honor horses House of Burgesses Hugh Mercer hundred Indians ington John Jumonville king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Fairfax Lord Loudoun Loudoun Meadows ment miles military militia Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio orders Parliament party Pennsylvania Potomac present prisoners province received redoubt regiment reply retreat returned river road sachem savages Scarooyadi scouts sent serve ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit tain thousand tion took town traders tribes troops Virginia waggons warriors Wash Washington wilderness William Williamsburg Winchester wounded writes York
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الصفحة 215 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
الصفحة 321 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
الصفحة 378 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : Fight against them that fight against me.
الصفحة 193 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
الصفحة 383 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
الصفحة 434 - Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my...
الصفحة 280 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
الصفحة 132 - has filled me with surprise ; for, if you think me capable of holding a commission, that has neither rank nor emolument annexed to it, you must entertain a very contemptible opinion of my weakness, and believe me to be more empty than the commission itself.
الصفحة 385 - I think I can announce it as a fact, that it is not the wish or interest of that government, or any other upon this continent, separately or collectively, to set up for independence ; but this you may at the same time rely on, that none of them will ever submit to the loss of those valuable rights and privileges, which are essential to the happiness of every free state, and without which, life, liberty, and property are rendered totally insecure.
الصفحة 283 - I'll neither give orders, nor interfere any further. I have business to attend to of greater moment than your ruined garrison, and this wretched country. My time is short,— I shall pass this night with God, and prepare myself for death. I wish you all comfort; and to be happily extricated from your present perplexities.