The Life of George Washington: With Curious Ancedotes, Equally Honourale to Himself, and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen : Embellished with Six EngravingsJoseph Allen, 1833 - 228 páginas |
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... equal to its size is the furniture of this vast continent , where the Al- mighty has reared his cloud - capt mountains , and spread his sea - like lakes , and poured his mighty ri- vers , and hurled down his thundering cataracts in a ...
... equal to its size is the furniture of this vast continent , where the Al- mighty has reared his cloud - capt mountains , and spread his sea - like lakes , and poured his mighty ri- vers , and hurled down his thundering cataracts in a ...
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... EQUAL GOVERNMENT lasting as thy own deathless name ! And O ! happiest old man ! thus luxuriously expiring in the arms of such a child ! O ! well requited for teaching him that LOVE of HIS GOD ( the only fountain of every virtuous love ) ...
... EQUAL GOVERNMENT lasting as thy own deathless name ! And O ! happiest old man ! thus luxuriously expiring in the arms of such a child ! O ! well requited for teaching him that LOVE of HIS GOD ( the only fountain of every virtuous love ) ...
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... equal , perhaps , to any seven sons of any one mother in Christendom . This was a family exactly to George's mind , because promis ing him an abundance of that manly exercise in which he delighted . In front of the house lay a fine ...
... equal , perhaps , to any seven sons of any one mother in Christendom . This was a family exactly to George's mind , because promis ing him an abundance of that manly exercise in which he delighted . In front of the house lay a fine ...
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... equal to your merit . " CHAPTER VI . The French and Indian war begins - Washington goes forth to meet the dangers of his country - aims a blow at Fort Du Quesne - fails - gallant defence of Fort Necessity - retires from the service in ...
... equal to your merit . " CHAPTER VI . The French and Indian war begins - Washington goes forth to meet the dangers of his country - aims a blow at Fort Du Quesne - fails - gallant defence of Fort Necessity - retires from the service in ...
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... equal . With hideous whoops and yells , the enemy came on like a host of tigers . The woods and rocks , and tall tree - tops , fillea with Indians , were in one continued blaze and crash of fire - LIFE OF WASHINGTON ST.
... equal . With hideous whoops and yells , the enemy came on like a host of tigers . The woods and rocks , and tall tree - tops , fillea with Indians , were in one continued blaze and crash of fire - LIFE OF WASHINGTON ST.
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Página 144 - ... the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 154 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave.
Página 142 - I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength of my inclination to do this previous to the last election had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you ; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence...
Página 156 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Página 150 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Página 155 - ... from whom equal privileges are withheld; and it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens ( who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity — gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Página 159 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Página 146 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Página 152 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 158 - The considerations, which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe, that, according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the Belligerent Powers, has been virtually admitted by all.