Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of WashingtonDerby, Miller,, 1850 - 248 páginas Martha Dandridge was born in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1732. She married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, son of John Custis of Arlington, at the age of seventeen. They had three children. The oldest son died at a young age and his father died soon after. She married George Washington in 1759 and they made their home at Mount Vernon, Fairfox County, Virginia. She died in 1802. |
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... national affairs , with patient and tranquil expectation . Frequently raising her thoughtful gaze from the painful con- templation of her country's struggles , towards the Omnipotent Friend who aids the sacred cause of Liberty and Right ...
... national affairs , with patient and tranquil expectation . Frequently raising her thoughtful gaze from the painful con- templation of her country's struggles , towards the Omnipotent Friend who aids the sacred cause of Liberty and Right ...
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... national gloom and suffering , Mrs. Washing- ton was , at last , informed of the crowning event of the great conflict - the surrender of Lord Cornwallis , she raised her hands with profound reverence and gratitude towards Heaven , and ...
... national gloom and suffering , Mrs. Washing- ton was , at last , informed of the crowning event of the great conflict - the surrender of Lord Cornwallis , she raised her hands with profound reverence and gratitude towards Heaven , and ...
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... National Cabinet and by a nu- merous concourse of highly respectable citizens and strangers , The inhabitants of Fredericks- burg , also united in great numbers , with this im- posing assemblage ; and the whole scene was characterized ...
... National Cabinet and by a nu- merous concourse of highly respectable citizens and strangers , The inhabitants of Fredericks- burg , also united in great numbers , with this im- posing assemblage ; and the whole scene was characterized ...
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... national van- ity , that if not the first , he was in the very first rank of those , too few indeed , upon whose career mankind can look back without regret , and whose memory and example will furnish themes of eu- logy for the patriot ...
... national van- ity , that if not the first , he was in the very first rank of those , too few indeed , upon whose career mankind can look back without regret , and whose memory and example will furnish themes of eu- logy for the patriot ...
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... National Alli- ance with France celebrated by a Ball , at which Mrs. Washington is present - The Respect entertained for Mrs. Washington in Europe- Reported Present from the Queen of Françe - The Marriage of Mrs. Washington's Son , Col ...
... National Alli- ance with France celebrated by a Ball , at which Mrs. Washington is present - The Respect entertained for Mrs. Washington in Europe- Reported Present from the Queen of Françe - The Marriage of Mrs. Washington's Son , Col ...
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Página xiii - Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie! Around her knees domestic .duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found?
Página 36 - I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.
Página 130 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Página 106 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
Página 225 - THE bark that held a prince went down, The sweeping waves rolled on ; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son ? He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain...
Página 106 - Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Página 106 - Eske river where ford there was none ; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Página 132 - ... undisturbed, I have, since I came to this place (for I had not time to do it before I left home) got Colonel Pendleton* to draft a will for me, by the directions I gave him, which will I now enclose. The provision made for you in case of my death will, I hope, be agreeable. I shall add nothing more, as I have several letters to write, but to desire that you will remember me to your friends, and to assure you that I am, with the most unfeigned regard, my dear Patsy, your affectionate, &c.
Página 129 - MY DEAREST, I am now set down to write to you on a subject which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress that the whole army raised for the...
Página 36 - In short, the dastardly behaviour of those they call regulars exposed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death ; and, at last, in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the contrary, they ran, as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was impossible to rally them.