The Life of George WashingtonF. Andrews, 1839 - 562 pagine |
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Pagina xv
... Success of Lafayette in Virginia 337 • Combined Armies march for Virginia 338 The two Commanders arrive at Williamsburg 339 French Fleet under Count de Grasse enters the Chesapeake Siege of Yorktown 339 340 Capitulation 341 Congress ...
... Success of Lafayette in Virginia 337 • Combined Armies march for Virginia 338 The two Commanders arrive at Williamsburg 339 French Fleet under Count de Grasse enters the Chesapeake Siege of Yorktown 339 340 Capitulation 341 Congress ...
Pagina 2
... successful planters . John Washington , not long after coming to America , was employed in a military command against the Indians , and rose to the rank of Colonel . The parish in which he lived was also named after him . He married ...
... successful planters . John Washington , not long after coming to America , was employed in a military command against the Indians , and rose to the rank of Colonel . The parish in which he lived was also named after him . He married ...
Pagina 4
... success . Her good sense , assiduity , tenderness , and vigilance overcame every obstacle ; and , as the richest reward of a mother's solicitude and toil , she had the happiness to see all her children come forward with a fair promise ...
... success . Her good sense , assiduity , tenderness , and vigilance overcame every obstacle ; and , as the richest reward of a mother's solicitude and toil , she had the happiness to see all her children come forward with a fair promise ...
Pagina 11
... successes and advancement . Fairfax . Lord Fairfax , a distant relative of William Fairfax , was Lord a man of an eccentric turn of mind , of great private worth , generous , and hospitable . He had been accustom- ed to the best society ...
... successes and advancement . Fairfax . Lord Fairfax , a distant relative of William Fairfax , was Lord a man of an eccentric turn of mind , of great private worth , generous , and hospitable . He had been accustom- ed to the best society ...
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... successes . He had moreover acquired a knowledge of parts of the country hitherto little known , which were to be the scene of his first military operations ; and had witnessed modes of life , with which it was necessary for him to ...
... successes . He had moreover acquired a knowledge of parts of the country hitherto little known , which were to be the scene of his first military operations ; and had witnessed modes of life , with which it was necessary for him to ...
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affairs afterwards American army appointed arms arrived artillery Assembly attack Augustine Washington battle Boston Braddock British called camp campaign Captain cause CHAPTER character Colonel Wash Colonel Washington colonies command Commander-in-chief companies conduct Congress council Count d'Estaing defence detachment Duquesne duty effect enemy enemy's eral event execution expedition fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne France French friends Governor Dinwiddie honor House of Burgesses hundred Indians ington Island Jumonville Lafayette land Lawrence Washington letter Lord Lord Loudoun Loudoun Marquis de Lafayette ment miles military militia Monongahela Mount Vernon nation object occasion officers opinion party passed Pennsylvania person Philadelphia Point President prisoners received regiments request resolved respect retired returned river sent sentiments Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit Sulgrave Tanacharison thousand tion ton's treaty troops United Virginia whole Will's Creek wounded wrote York
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Pagina 67 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Pagina 410 - In this conflict of emotions, all I dare aver is, that it has been my faithful study, to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected.
Pagina 403 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Pagina 443 - The confidence of the whole Union is centred in you. Your being at the helm will be more than an answer to every argument, which can be used to alarm and lead the people in any quarter into violence or secession. North and south will hang together, if they have you to hang on...
Pagina 448 - The cabinet decided unanimously, that a proclamation should be issued, "forbidding the citizens of the United States to take part in any hostilities on the seas, either with or against the belligerent powers, and warning them against carrying to any such powers any of those articles deemed contraband according to the modern usages of nations, and enjoining them from all acts and proceedings inconsistent with the duties of a friendly nation towards those at war.
Pagina 424 - I have learned too much of the vanity of human affairs to expect felicity from the scenes of public life. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be ; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances..
Pagina 396 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same.
Pagina 410 - I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens ; and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me ; my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Pagina 539 - Mr. Speaker: The melancholy event which was yesterday announced with doubt, has been rendered but too certain. Our WASHINGTON is no more \ The Hero, the Sage, and the Patriot of America — the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned and all hopes were placed — lives now only in his own great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people.
Pagina 30 - One of them fired at Mr. Gist or me, not fifteen steps off, but fortunately missed. We took this fellow into custody, and kept him until about nine o'clock at night, then let him go, and walked all the remaining part of the night without making any stop, that we might get the start so far as to be out of the reach of their pursuit the next day, since we were well assured they would follow our track as soon as it was light.