The Life of General Washington: First President of the United StatesCharles Wentworth Upham T. Nelson and sons, 1856 |
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... attempt , as a secondary object , the reduction of Charleston ; and Savannah , Penobscot , and other places , may come successively into contemplation . Your dis- positions will refer to these different objects ; though , indeed , a ...
... attempt , as a secondary object , the reduction of Charleston ; and Savannah , Penobscot , and other places , may come successively into contemplation . Your dis- positions will refer to these different objects ; though , indeed , a ...
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... attempt it , with the detachment I now send , in conjunction with the militia , even if it should not be convenient ... attempted , in vain , to reach Arnold , put to sea , and returned to Newport . The attention of Washing- ton ...
... attempt it , with the detachment I now send , in conjunction with the militia , even if it should not be convenient ... attempted , in vain , to reach Arnold , put to sea , and returned to Newport . The attention of Washing- ton ...
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... attempt to express my gratitude . I confide in your Excellency's sensibility , to interpret my feelings for this , and for the obliging manner in which you are pleased to announce it . The measures we have been taking for the expedition ...
... attempt to express my gratitude . I confide in your Excellency's sensibility , to interpret my feelings for this , and for the obliging manner in which you are pleased to announce it . The measures we have been taking for the expedition ...
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... attempted in case of Arnold's retreat to New York , or in case you should think his reduction would be attended with too much delay , and that the other enterprise would be more easy , and , from circumstances , more necessary . There ...
... attempted in case of Arnold's retreat to New York , or in case you should think his reduction would be attended with too much delay , and that the other enterprise would be more easy , and , from circumstances , more necessary . There ...
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... attempt , however , made by our allies to dislodge the enemy in Virginia , is certainly a bold one , and , should it fail , will , nevertheless , entitle them to the thanks of the public , & c . " " To the Chevalier de Chastellux ...
... attempt , however , made by our allies to dislodge the enemy in Virginia , is certainly a bold one , and , should it fail , will , nevertheless , entitle them to the thanks of the public , & c . " " To the Chevalier de Chastellux ...
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323 페이지 - The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds, in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The South, in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the North, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand.
325 페이지 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens?
320 페이지 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved...
337 페이지 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. 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...
320 페이지 - In the discharge of this trust I will only say, that I have with good intentions contributed towards the organization and administration of the government, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
122 페이지 - I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life with a heartfelt satisfaction.
122 페이지 - At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, and under the shadow of my own Vine and my own Fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the Soldier who is ever in pursuit of fame, the Statesman whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe was insufficient...
316 페이지 - Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One !
330 페이지 - 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.
92 페이지 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs, that cap befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.