Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, Volumen1Derby & Jackson, 1860 - 644 páginas |
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... chief , with General Alexander Hamilton as his first lieutenant . Washington consented to accept the appointment , only on condition that General Hamilton should be acting commander - in - chief , unless cir- cumstances should make it ...
... chief , with General Alexander Hamilton as his first lieutenant . Washington consented to accept the appointment , only on condition that General Hamilton should be acting commander - in - chief , unless cir- cumstances should make it ...
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... chief . " Desirous of making the ceremonial of depositing the stone as imposing as circum- stances would permit , we enveloped it in the ' star - spangled banner ' of our country , and it was borne to its resting - place in the arms of ...
... chief . " Desirous of making the ceremonial of depositing the stone as imposing as circum- stances would permit , we enveloped it in the ' star - spangled banner ' of our country , and it was borne to its resting - place in the arms of ...
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... chief dissent from these truths , but to the last moments of the life of his venerable parent , he yielded to her will the most dutiful and implicit obe- dience , and felt for her person and character the most holy reverence and ...
... chief dissent from these truths , but to the last moments of the life of his venerable parent , he yielded to her will the most dutiful and implicit obe- dience , and felt for her person and character the most holy reverence and ...
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... chief of the American armies , * General Washington , pre- * Washington was appointed commander - in - chief of all the forces raised , or to be raised , for the defence of the colonies , on the fifteenth of June , 1775. John Adams has ...
... chief of the American armies , * General Washington , pre- * Washington was appointed commander - in - chief of all the forces raised , or to be raised , for the defence of the colonies , on the fifteenth of June , 1775. John Adams has ...
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... chief was absent from his native state from the spring of '75 to the fall of '81 , a period of nearly seven years . It was his habit to send for Mrs. Washington at the close of a campaign , and to return her to Mount Vernon on the ...
... chief was absent from his native state from the spring of '75 to the fall of '81 , a period of nearly seven years . It was his habit to send for Mrs. Washington at the close of a campaign , and to return her to Mount Vernon on the ...
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Página 408 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 202 - His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known ; no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man.
Página 382 - Welcome, mighty chief, once more, Welcome to this grateful shore: Now no mercenary foe Aims again the fatal blow, Aims at thee the fatal blow. Virgins fair, and matrons grave, These thy conquering arm did save, Build for thee triumphal bowers; Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers, Strew your Hero's way with flowers.
Página 140 - 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 494 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Página 203 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct style. This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing, and common...
Página 239 - That the House would consider as enemies to his majesty and the country all those who should advise, or by any means attempt, the further prosecution of offensive war on the Continent of North America.
Página 407 - I said, from the Secretary of War; I had a strict eye to them, and will add but one word — beware of a surprise ! I repeat it — beware of a surprise ! You know how the Indians fight us.
Página 263 - The general's apartment is very small," writes she to a friend ; " he has had a log cabin built to dine in, which has made our quarters much more tolerable than they were at first.
Página 208 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.