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... fact extremely slight . He had heard merely that the first of the name in Virginia had come from one of the northern coun- ties of England , but whether from Lancashire or Yorkshire , or one still more northerly , he could not tell ...
... fact extremely slight . He had heard merely that the first of the name in Virginia had come from one of the northern coun- ties of England , but whether from Lancashire or Yorkshire , or one still more northerly , he could not tell ...
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... fact , although she lived to an advanced age , we know scarcely more about her than we do about her husband . She was of gen- tle birth , and possessed a vigorous character and a good deal of business capacity . The advantages of ...
... fact , although she lived to an advanced age , we know scarcely more about her than we do about her husband . She was of gen- tle birth , and possessed a vigorous character and a good deal of business capacity . The advantages of ...
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... , and deplorably few the facts , that have come down to us in regard to Washington's boyhood . For the former we are indebted to the illustrious Weems , and to that per sonage a few more words must be devoted . Weems THE WASHINGTONS . 39.
... , and deplorably few the facts , that have come down to us in regard to Washington's boyhood . For the former we are indebted to the illustrious Weems , and to that per sonage a few more words must be devoted . Weems THE WASHINGTONS . 39.
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... facts known to every one , and drawn for the most part from the gazettes . He then dressed them up in his own peculiar fashion and gave them to the world . All this , forming of course nine tenths of his book , has passed , despite its ...
... facts known to every one , and drawn for the most part from the gazettes . He then dressed them up in his own peculiar fashion and gave them to the world . All this , forming of course nine tenths of his book , has passed , despite its ...
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... fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until it became almost as impossible to reduce it to its original dimensions as it was for the fisherman to get the Afrit back into his jar . In a word , Weems was an approved mythmaker ...
... fact and work it up for the purposes of the market until it became almost as impossible to reduce it to its original dimensions as it was for the fisherman to get the Afrit back into his jar . In a word , Weems was an approved mythmaker ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action affairs allies American army appeared arms attack Augustine Washington battle began Boston brilliant British Burgoyne campaign cause character Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Conway Conway cabal Cornwallis courage danger defeat difficulties doubt enemy England English everything expedition fact failed Fairfax resolves feeling fell felt fight fleet force Fort Duquesne fought French Gates gave George Washington Governor gress House of Burgesses idea Indians ington John Adams knew Lafayette land Lawrence Washington letter look ment military militia mind Mount Vernon never numbers obliged officers once passed patriotic peace peril Philadelphia planters political Raleigh tavern ready retreat Revolution river rode seemed sent soldiers spirit strong struggle success thing thought thousand tion took town troops turned Vernon parish victory Virginia Wash Washington wrote Weems Williamsburg winter words York Yorktown
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 50 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Seite 334 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
Seite 221 - I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly for them, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.
Seite 323 - 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 can 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.
Seite 171 - No man I believe ever had a greater choice of evils and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud.
Seite 291 - It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard, that, in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burned my house and laid the plantation in ruins.
Seite 87 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving. petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
Seite 124 - I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them at their head for the relief of Boston.
Seite 85 - Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it...
Seite 252 - ... party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day; whilst the momentous concerns of an empire, a great and accumulating debt, ruined finances, depreciated money, and want of credit, which in its consequences is the want of everything, are but secondary considerations, and postponed from day to day, from week to week, as if our affairs wore the most promising aspect.