The Home of Washington at Mount Vernon: Embracing a Full and Accurate Description, as Well as of the Birthplace, Genealogy, Character, Marriage, and Last Illness of Washington, Together with Incidents Pertaining to the Burial of Washington, Removal from the Old Family Vault, and His Being Placed in the New Tomb, in a Marble SarcophagusT. McGill, printer, 1860 - 70 páginas |
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Página 59 - A conqueror, he was untainted with the crime of blood; a revolutionist, he was free from any stain of treason; for aggression commenced the contest, and his country called him to the command.
Página 35 - A spectacle so new and so sublime Was contemplated with the profoundest admiration. And the name of WASHINGTON, Adding new lustre to humanity, Resounded to the remotest regions of the earth. Magnanimous in youth, Glorious through life, Great...
Página 62 - Tis well," said he. About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock) his breathing became easier; he lay quietly; he withdrew his hand from mine, and felt his own pulse. I saw his countenance change. I spoke to Dr. Craik, who sat by the fire. He came to the bedside. The General's hand fell from his wrist. I took it in mine, and put it into my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hands over his eyes. And he expired without a struggle or a sigh.
Página 48 - December, 1799) it was resolved by congress that a marble monument should be erected by the United States in the capitol, at the city of Washington ; that the family of general Washington should be requested to permit his body to be deposited under it : and that the monument be so designed as to commemorate the great events of his military and political life.
Página 34 - 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.
Página 11 - And whereas it has always been my intention, since my expectation of having issue has ceased, to consider the grandchildren of my wife in the same light as I do my own relations, and to act a friendly part by them ; more especially by the two whom we have raised from their earliest infancy...
Página 66 - Permit us, sir, to mingle our tears with yours. On this occasion it is manly to weep. To lose such a man, at such a crisis, is no common calamity to the world. Our country mourns a father.
Página 37 - The family vault at Mount Vernon requiring repairs, and being improperly situated besides, I desire that a new one of brick, and upon a larger scale, may be built at the foot of what is commonly called the Vineyard...
Página 59 - to exhibit in one glow of associated beauty the pride of every model and the perfection of every master. As a general, he marshalled the peasant into a veteran and supplied by discipline the absence of experience. As a statesman he enlarged the policy of the cabinet into the most comprehensive system of general advantage; and such was the wisdom of his views and the philosophy of his counsels that to the soldier and the statesman he almost added the character of the sage.
Página 65 - Having effected the great object for which he was placed at the head of our armies, we have seen him convert the sword into the ploughshare, and sink the soldier in the citizen.