The Home of Washington: Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialVirtue & Yorston, 1870 - 446 Seiten |
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... Potomac River ; and faithful drawings of objects and transcriptions of documents were made , wherever found . It is believed that few of such objects of interest have escaped notice . Delineations and descriptions of these , and facts ...
... Potomac River ; and faithful drawings of objects and transcriptions of documents were made , wherever found . It is believed that few of such objects of interest have escaped notice . Delineations and descriptions of these , and facts ...
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... Potomac , half way between Pope's and Bridge's Creek , in Westmoreland , where stood a modest mansion , surrounded by the holly and more stately trees of the forest , in which lived Mary , the mother of the great Washington . In the ...
... Potomac , half way between Pope's and Bridge's Creek , in Westmoreland , where stood a modest mansion , surrounded by the holly and more stately trees of the forest , in which lived Mary , the mother of the great Washington . In the ...
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... Potomac , of which we have just spoken , a great patriot was born of a mother eight- and - twenty years of age , when the popular William Gooch was royal governor of Virginia ; and in an old family Bible , in Hanover county , of quarto ...
... Potomac , of which we have just spoken , a great patriot was born of a mother eight- and - twenty years of age , when the popular William Gooch was royal governor of Virginia ; and in an old family Bible , in Hanover county , of quarto ...
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... Potomac , and bordering the estates of the Fairfaxes , Masons , and other distinguished families . LAWRENCE WASHINGTON . Admiral Vernon , Lawrence , who seems to have inherited the military spirit of his family , had lately been to the ...
... Potomac , and bordering the estates of the Fairfaxes , Masons , and other distinguished families . LAWRENCE WASHINGTON . Admiral Vernon , Lawrence , who seems to have inherited the military spirit of his family , had lately been to the ...
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... Potomac front of his domain , and named the spot MOUNT VERNON , in honor of the gallant admiral . In that mansion Lawrence resided until his death , and. 42 MOUNT VERNON -Lawrence Washington's Mansion Mount Vernon Estate.
... Potomac front of his domain , and named the spot MOUNT VERNON , in honor of the gallant admiral . In that mansion Lawrence resided until his death , and. 42 MOUNT VERNON -Lawrence Washington's Mansion Mount Vernon Estate.
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Seite 147 - 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 heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of none, I am determined to be pleased with all ; and this, my dear friend, being the order of my march, I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
Seite 63 - 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.
Seite 335 - 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.
Seite 206 - I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage ; but what returns will be made for them, heaven alone can foretell. Integrity and firmness are all I can promise. These, be the voyage long or short, shall never forsake me,...
Seite 148 - I conceive a wearied traveller must do, who, after treading many a painful step with a heavy burden on his shoulders, is eased of the latter, having reached the haven to which all the former were directed ; and from his house-top is looking back, and tracing with an eager eye the meanders by which he escaped the quicksands and mires which lay in his way ; and into which none but the all-powerful Guide and Dispenser of human events could have prevented his falling.
Seite 47 - I might, was my heart disengaged, pass my time very pleasantly as there's a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house, (Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister.) But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave...
Seite 203 - Convention you represent for the Presidency of the United States, for four years from the 4th of March next, has been received.
Seite 66 - I am now, I believe, fixed in this seat, with an agreeable partner for life, and I hope to • find more happiness in retirement than I ever experienced in the wide and bustling world.
Seite 142 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
Seite 149 - My manner of living," writes he to a friend, " is plain, and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready ; and such as will be content to partake of them, are always welcome. Those who expect more will be disappointed.