The Home of Washington; Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialA.S. Hale & Company, 1870 - 446 Seiten |
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... feet above the water . Before it swept the Potomac with a magnificent curve , its broad bosom swarming with the grace- ful swan , the gull , the wild duck , and smaller water - fowl ; and beyond lay the green fields and shadowy forests ...
... feet above the water . Before it swept the Potomac with a magnificent curve , its broad bosom swarming with the grace- ful swan , the gull , the wild duck , and smaller water - fowl ; and beyond lay the green fields and shadowy forests ...
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... feet two inches in height , and admirably proportioned . His hair was a rich dark - brown ; his eyes grayish - blue and expressive of deep thought ; his complexion florid , and his features regular and rather heavy . Washington's wife ...
... feet two inches in height , and admirably proportioned . His hair was a rich dark - brown ; his eyes grayish - blue and expressive of deep thought ; his complexion florid , and his features regular and rather heavy . Washington's wife ...
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... feet in length and five K® L * J +7 +7 +5 * 1 PATRIA PRO + I : HESSIAN FLAG TAKEN AT TRENTON . feet four inches in width . The ground was blue ; the cen- tral stripe of the cross red ; the marginal ones white . In the centre was a crown ...
... feet in length and five K® L * J +7 +7 +5 * 1 PATRIA PRO + I : HESSIAN FLAG TAKEN AT TRENTON . feet four inches in width . The ground was blue ; the cen- tral stripe of the cross red ; the marginal ones white . In the centre was a crown ...
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... feet , which , without them , would be nearly twelve feet apart . Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to dis- cover that apples will make pies ; and it is a question if , in the violence of his efforts , we do not get one of ...
... feet , which , without them , would be nearly twelve feet apart . Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to dis- cover that apples will make pies ; and it is a question if , in the violence of his efforts , we do not get one of ...
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... feet are British flags , and Hovering by his side is the whose talons the lightning ORDER PRESENTED BY FRENCH OFFICERS . a broken spear , shield , and chain . eagle , our national emblem , from of destruction is flashing upon the ...
... feet are British flags , and Hovering by his side is the whose talons the lightning ORDER PRESENTED BY FRENCH OFFICERS . a broken spear , shield , and chain . eagle , our national emblem , from of destruction is flashing upon the ...
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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 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 173 - The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have caused this Statue to be erected as a Monument of Affection and Gratitude to George Washington, who, uniting to the Endowments of the Hero the Virtues of the Patriot, and exerting both in establishing the Liberties of his Country, has rendered his Name dear to his Fellow Citizens, and given the World an immortal Example of true Glory.
Seite 413 - To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes...
Seite 294 - Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment, that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a jubilee in the United States.