Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of His Character. And Embellished with Engravings. For the Young People of the Nation He FoundedLindsay and Blakiston, 1846 - 214 páginas |
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Página 12
... proposed , after dinner , to mount the colt and make the circuit of the pasture . No one could do it , and many were defeated in attempt- ing to mount , or thrown from the colt's back after- wards . George succeeded , however , and gave ...
... proposed , after dinner , to mount the colt and make the circuit of the pasture . No one could do it , and many were defeated in attempt- ing to mount , or thrown from the colt's back after- wards . George succeeded , however , and gave ...
Página 24
... proposals were rejected ; and Washing- ton would acccept of none short of the following honourable ones , which were mutually agreed upon in the course of the night . " The fort to be sur- rendered on condition that the garrison should ...
... proposals were rejected ; and Washing- ton would acccept of none short of the following honourable ones , which were mutually agreed upon in the course of the night . " The fort to be sur- rendered on condition that the garrison should ...
Página 25
... he knew the difficulties of the way ; he therefore proposed to General Braddock , who asked his advice , to send on a part of the army , while the other part moved slowly , with the artillery and bag- GEORGE WASHINGTON . 25.
... he knew the difficulties of the way ; he therefore proposed to General Braddock , who asked his advice , to send on a part of the army , while the other part moved slowly , with the artillery and bag- GEORGE WASHINGTON . 25.
Página 27
... proposal offended Braddock , who disregarded the prudent counsel , and ordered his troops to cross the river ; the last of them were yet wading in it , when the bullets of an unseen enemy thinned the ranks of those who had been in ...
... proposal offended Braddock , who disregarded the prudent counsel , and ordered his troops to cross the river ; the last of them were yet wading in it , when the bullets of an unseen enemy thinned the ranks of those who had been in ...
Página 36
... proposed for preserving the union of the em- pire , and that Great Britain , proceeding from one oppression to another , threw the colonies out of her protection , made war upon them , and carried it on with a view to their subjugation ...
... proposed for preserving the union of the em- pire , and that Great Britain , proceeding from one oppression to another , threw the colonies out of her protection , made war upon them , and carried it on with a view to their subjugation ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 177 - DESERT the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ; and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 174 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 176 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Página 176 - The basis of our political Systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 177 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 153 - I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.
Página 140 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
Página 29 - 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.
Página 173 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...
Página 162 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...