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 Seiten |
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... Indians were at that time a great public terror , the people could not help being very loud in their praise of a youth , who , with so slender a force , had dared to meet them in their own country , and had given them such a check . AND ...
... Indians were at that time a great public terror , the people could not help being very loud in their praise of a youth , who , with so slender a force , had dared to meet them in their own country , and had given them such a check . AND ...
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... Indians at Sandusky . And equally cordial was the love of these young men towards George , of whom they always spoke as of a brother . Indeed , Hugh Stin- son , the second brother , who had a way of snapping his eyes when he talked of ...
... Indians at Sandusky . And equally cordial was the love of these young men towards George , of whom they always spoke as of a brother . Indeed , Hugh Stin- son , the second brother , who had a way of snapping his eyes when he talked of ...
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... Indians— miraculous escapes - account of his journal - anec- dote of his modesty . IN the year 1753 the people of Virginia were alarmed by a report that the French , aided by the Indians , were erecting a long line of military posts on ...
... Indians— miraculous escapes - account of his journal - anec- dote of his modesty . IN the year 1753 the people of Virginia were alarmed by a report that the French , aided by the Indians , were erecting a long line of military posts on ...
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... Indian , who , though not fifteen paces distant , happily missed his aim . The poor wretch was made prisoner . But Washington could not find in his heart to put him to death , though his own safety seemed to require the sacrifice . The ...
... Indian , who , though not fifteen paces distant , happily missed his aim . The poor wretch was made prisoner . But Washington could not find in his heart to put him to death , though his own safety seemed to require the sacrifice . The ...
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... the low sensuality of the Indian , ready , for a dram , to lift the tomahawk - the polished subtil- ties of the European , who can " smile and smile , " and yet design the death of the traveller . These impor 32 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ,
... the low sensuality of the Indian , ready , for a dram , to lift the tomahawk - the polished subtil- ties of the European , who can " smile and smile , " and yet design the death of the traveller . These impor 32 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ,
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 150 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.