The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, Throughout the War which Established Their Independence, and First President of the United StatesJ. Jewett, 1832 - 246 Seiten |
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... observed , " the supplicating tears of the women , and moving petitions of the men , melt me with such deadly sor- row , that I solemnly declare , if I know my own mind , I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering ene ...
... observed , " the supplicating tears of the women , and moving petitions of the men , melt me with such deadly sor- row , that I solemnly declare , if I know my own mind , I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering ene ...
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... observed , in serving them out , or in purchasing them at the best rates ; but quite the reverse . Allowance to each man , as to other soldiers , they look upon as the highest indignity ; and would sooner starve , than carry a few days ...
... observed , in serving them out , or in purchasing them at the best rates ; but quite the reverse . Allowance to each man , as to other soldiers , they look upon as the highest indignity ; and would sooner starve , than carry a few days ...
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... observed , that " he had the materials of a good army , that the men were able bodied , active , zealous in the cause , and of unquestionable courage . " He immediately instituted such arrangements as were calculated to increase their ...
... observed , that " he had the materials of a good army , that the men were able bodied , active , zealous in the cause , and of unquestionable courage . " He immediately instituted such arrangements as were calculated to increase their ...
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... observed , that " the commis sioners were armed with great powers , and would be very happy in effecting an accommodation . " He received for an- swer , " that , from what appeared , their powers were only to grant pardons ; that they ...
... observed , that " the commis sioners were armed with great powers , and would be very happy in effecting an accommodation . " He received for an- swer , " that , from what appeared , their powers were only to grant pardons ; that they ...
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... observed , " Now is the time to clip their wings , when they are so spread . " Yielding to his native spirit of enter- prise , which had hitherto been repressed , he formed the bold design of recrossing the Delaware , and attacking the ...
... observed , " Now is the time to clip their wings , when they are so spread . " Yielding to his native spirit of enter- prise , which had hitherto been repressed , he formed the bold design of recrossing the Delaware , and attacking the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 221 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Seite 218 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Seite 213 - ... every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Seite 226 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish ; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course, which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But, if I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of...
Seite 151 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Seite 225 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Seite 223 - ... latter, without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions ; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained ; and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld...
Seite 176 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Seite 214 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop ; but a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Seite 219 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name...