The Home of Washington; Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialA.S. Hale & Company, 1871 - 446 Seiten |
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... political changes . Washington Apprehensive concerning the Future . A Movement ...... 193 Convention for remodelling the Government . National Constitution ... 194 188 189 190 191 ........ 192 Col. Humphreys a Resident at Mount Vernon ...
... political changes . Washington Apprehensive concerning the Future . A Movement ...... 193 Convention for remodelling the Government . National Constitution ... 194 188 189 190 191 ........ 192 Col. Humphreys a Resident at Mount Vernon ...
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... political positions , opposed to those of their ancestors ; that of the former being the great leader of a republican army , and of the latter a most loyal adherent of the crown . The Washingtons who first came to America seem not to ...
... political positions , opposed to those of their ancestors ; that of the former being the great leader of a republican army , and of the latter a most loyal adherent of the crown . The Washingtons who first came to America seem not to ...
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... political vassals of the crown ; and chains of restrictions upon trade had been forged by an unwise and unrighteous policy , and fastened upon the lusty arms of the young giant of the West . And from time to time the giant , not all ...
... political vassals of the crown ; and chains of restrictions upon trade had been forged by an unwise and unrighteous policy , and fastened upon the lusty arms of the young giant of the West . And from time to time the giant , not all ...
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... political sky the horo- scope of his own destiny . Washington was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses , and had listened from his seat to the burning words of Patrick Henry , when he enunciated those living truths , for the ...
... political sky the horo- scope of his own destiny . Washington was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses , and had listened from his seat to the burning words of Patrick Henry , when he enunciated those living truths , for the ...
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... political his- tory of the English empire . His mind was quick to perceive ; his judgment equally quick to analyze and arrange ; and these qualities made him a most skilful statesman . In council he was eminently wise ; in debate he was ...
... political his- tory of the English empire . His mind was quick to perceive ; his judgment equally quick to analyze and arrange ; and these qualities made him a most skilful statesman . In council he was eminently wise ; in debate he was ...
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Seite 111 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Seite 335 - 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.
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 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 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 414 - Negroes, as to excite the most painful sensations, if not disagreeable consequences from the latter while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor ; it not being in my power, under the tenure by which the dower Negroes are held, to manumit them.
Seite 418 - States, to which the youths of fortune and talents from all parts thereof may be sent for the completion of their education, in all the branches of polite literature, in arts and sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other, and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which...
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...