Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, المجلد 1Derby & Jackson, 1860 - 644 من الصفحات |
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... offer to you , and until I received your answer I could say nothing definitely to him on the subject , and so the matter remains . Mrs. Washington has not recovered her health , on the contrary , is at this 50 MEMOIR OF.
... offer to you , and until I received your answer I could say nothing definitely to him on the subject , and so the matter remains . Mrs. Washington has not recovered her health , on the contrary , is at this 50 MEMOIR OF.
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... place , where rest the remains of him , who was ' first in war , first in peace , and first in the hearts of his countrymen . ' He dwelt upon his virtues , remarking , that he saw no north , no south GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS . 63.
... place , where rest the remains of him , who was ' first in war , first in peace , and first in the hearts of his countrymen . ' He dwelt upon his virtues , remarking , that he saw no north , no south GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS . 63.
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... remains unacknowledged , owing principally to engagements without doors in my harvest fields , and to company within , for we have scarcely been alone a day for more than a month , and now have a house full , among whom are your sisters ...
... remains unacknowledged , owing principally to engagements without doors in my harvest fields , and to company within , for we have scarcely been alone a day for more than a month , and now have a house full , among whom are your sisters ...
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... remains of the matron , and the erection of a monument over them . This movement was by no means confined to the people of Virginia . It elicited the public sympathy throughout the Union . The press , as usual , discussed the subject ...
... remains of the matron , and the erection of a monument over them . This movement was by no means confined to the people of Virginia . It elicited the public sympathy throughout the Union . The press , as usual , discussed the subject ...
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... remains of her who gave birth to the FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY . A picture of this unfinished monument may be found in Lossing's Field - Book of the Revolution . CHAPTER II . WASHINGTON AT MOUNT VERNON . - MRS 150 RECOLLECTIONS OF WASHINGTON ,
... remains of her who gave birth to the FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY . A picture of this unfinished monument may be found in Lossing's Field - Book of the Revolution . CHAPTER II . WASHINGTON AT MOUNT VERNON . - MRS 150 RECOLLECTIONS OF WASHINGTON ,
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الصفحة 408 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
الصفحة 202 - His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man.
الصفحة 382 - Welcome, mighty chief, once more, Welcome to this grateful shore: Now no mercenary foe Aims again the fatal blow, Aims at thee the fatal blow. Virgins fair, and matrons grave, These thy conquering arm did save, Build for thee triumphal bowers; Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers, Strew your Hero's way with flowers.
الصفحة 140 - You may believe me, my dear 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 capacity...
الصفحة 494 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
الصفحة 203 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct style. This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing, and common...
الصفحة 239 - That the House would consider as enemies to his majesty and the country all those who should advise, or by any means attempt, the further prosecution of offensive war on the Continent of North America.
الصفحة 407 - I said, from the Secretary of War; I had a strict eye to them, and will add but one word — beware of a surprise ! I repeat it — beware of a surprise ! You know how the Indians fight us.
الصفحة 263 - The general's apartment is very small," writes she to a friend ; " he has had a log cabin built to dine in, which has made our quarters much more tolerable than they were at first.
الصفحة 208 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.