The Home of Washington; Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialA.S. Hale & Company, 1870 - 446 Seiten |
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... things once associated with the person of the Beloved Patriot , and of facts having the same relation . But for it , all semblance of such objects would have passed from the memory of men and been lost forever . The reader will bear in ...
... things once associated with the person of the Beloved Patriot , and of facts having the same relation . But for it , all semblance of such objects would have passed from the memory of men and been lost forever . The reader will bear in ...
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... things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an elefant and a little indian boy on his back like uncle jo's sam pa says if I learn my tasks good he will let uncle jo bring me to see you will you ask your ma to let you ...
... things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an elefant and a little indian boy on his back like uncle jo's sam pa says if I learn my tasks good he will let uncle jo bring me to see you will you ask your ma to let you ...
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... things will naturally go . This method , without aiming at being a fine gentleman before his time , will carry a man more com- fortably and surely through the world than going to sea , unless it be a great chance indeed . I pray God ...
... things will naturally go . This method , without aiming at being a fine gentleman before his time , will carry a man more com- fortably and surely through the world than going to sea , unless it be a great chance indeed . I pray God ...
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... things . But this being a voluntary act , I ought not to have mentioned it ; nor should I have done it , were it not to show that I have been on the losing order ever since I entered the service , which is now nearly two years . " But ...
... things . But this being a voluntary act , I ought not to have mentioned it ; nor should I have done it , were it not to show that I have been on the losing order ever since I entered the service , which is now nearly two years . " But ...
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... things to be put into a Strong Trunk - separate from : J. P. Custis's , whose will likewise be put into a Trunk , each having their names . 1 very good Spinet [ a small harpsichord ] , to be made by Mr. Plinius , Harpsichord Maker , in ...
... things to be put into a Strong Trunk - separate from : J. P. Custis's , whose will likewise be put into a Trunk , each having their names . 1 very good Spinet [ a small harpsichord ] , to be made by Mr. Plinius , Harpsichord Maker , in ...
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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.