The Home of Washington: Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialVirtue & Yorston, 1871 - 446 Seiten |
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... Wash- ington was descended , wore the motto seen upon his book- plate - EXITUS ACTA PROBAT : " The end justifies the means ; " and it was borne and heeded by the line from generation to generation , until the most illustrious of them ...
... Wash- ington was descended , wore the motto seen upon his book- plate - EXITUS ACTA PROBAT : " The end justifies the means ; " and it was borne and heeded by the line from generation to generation , until the most illustrious of them ...
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... Wash- ington with longings for adventure , and accordingly , we find him , at the age of fourteen years , preparing to enter the English navy as a midshipman , a warrant having been pro- cured . His brother and Mr. Fairfax encouraged ...
... Wash- ington with longings for adventure , and accordingly , we find him , at the age of fourteen years , preparing to enter the English navy as a midshipman , a warrant having been pro- cured . His brother and Mr. Fairfax encouraged ...
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... Wash- ington before he was sixteen years of age . He was soon taken from these temptations . He was a tall , finely - formed , athletic youth , and Lord Fairfax , who was a passionate fox - hunter , though old in years , invited him one ...
... Wash- ington before he was sixteen years of age . He was soon taken from these temptations . He was a tall , finely - formed , athletic youth , and Lord Fairfax , who was a passionate fox - hunter , though old in years , invited him one ...
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... Wash- ington , for the first time , occupied a house for his head- quarters as a military commander . It was the dwelling of a pioneer . It has long since passed away , but the pencil has preserved its features , and now , at the ...
... Wash- ington , for the first time , occupied a house for his head- quarters as a military commander . It was the dwelling of a pioneer . It has long since passed away , but the pencil has preserved its features , and now , at the ...
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... Wash- ington , on the famed and fatal field of the Monongahela . Bishop , bred in the school of European discipline , raised his hand to his cap , as much as to say , Your honor's orders shall be obeyed . ' • " The colonel now proceeded ...
... Wash- ington , on the famed and fatal field of the Monongahela . Bishop , bred in the school of European discipline , raised his hand to his cap , as much as to say , Your honor's orders shall be obeyed . ' • " The colonel now proceeded ...
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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 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 feel now, however, as 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 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 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 415 - ... or of any active employment,) to remain in the situation he now is, it shall be optional in him to do so; in either case, however, I allow him an annuity of thirty dollars, during his natural life, which shall be independent of the victuals and...