The Home of Washington: Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialVirtue & Yorston, 1871 - 446 Seiten |
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... months by the parliamentary troops under General Fairfax . And earlier than this , when Charles , as Prince Royal , was a suitor for the hand of the Infanta of Spain , we find a Washington attached to his person . The loyal James Howell ...
... months by the parliamentary troops under General Fairfax . And earlier than this , when Charles , as Prince Royal , was a suitor for the hand of the Infanta of Spain , we find a Washington attached to his person . The loyal James Howell ...
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... month the oldest . I have before me a copy of a letter written by each when they were nine years old , and which are supposed to be among the earliest , perhaps the very first , epistles penned by these illustrious men . They were sent ...
... month the oldest . I have before me a copy of a letter written by each when they were nine years old , and which are supposed to be among the earliest , perhaps the very first , epistles penned by these illustrious men . They were sent ...
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... for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month and make him take twenty - three , and AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 45 Society at Mount Vernon Young Washington prepares for Sea Distinguished Guests at Mount Vernon 198.
... for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month and make him take twenty - three , and AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 45 Society at Mount Vernon Young Washington prepares for Sea Distinguished Guests at Mount Vernon 198.
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... month and make him take twenty - three , and cut , and slash , and use him like a negro , or rather like a dog . And , as to any considerable preferment in the navy , it is not to be ex- pected , as there are always so many gaping for ...
... month and make him take twenty - three , and cut , and slash , and use him like a negro , or rather like a dog . And , as to any considerable preferment in the navy , it is not to be ex- pected , as there are always so many gaping for ...
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... month from the time he was sixteen years of age , he set off upon the arduous and responsible enterprise . And to this day a little log - house , near Battle Town , in Clarke county , is pointed out to the traveller , wherein the young ...
... month from the time he was sixteen years of age , he set off upon the arduous and responsible enterprise . And to this day a little log - house , near Battle Town , in Clarke county , is pointed out to the traveller , wherein the young ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 334 - 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 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 348 - Taught by the great example, which I have so long had before me, never to oppose my private wishes to the public will, I must consent to the request made by Congress, which you have had the goodness to transmit to me ; and, in doing this, I need not, I cannot say, what a sacrifice of individual feeling I make to a sense of public duty.
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 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 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 137 - ... feet apart. Of late he has had 'the surprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies ; and it is a question if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples, instead of having both of beef-steaks.
Seite 336 - Tis well,' said he." About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock) his breathing became easier. He lay quietly ; he withdrew his hand from mine and felt his own pulse. I saw his countenance change. I spoke to Dr. Craik, who sat by the fire. He came to the bedside. The general's hand fell from his wrist. I took it in mine and pressed it to my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hands over his [the general's] eyes, and he expired without a struggle or a sigh.
Seite 209 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.