 Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial...  George Washington - Seite 761895Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1879 - 680 Seiten
...excellent general character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard this aliusion to himself, with... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - 1880 - 462 Seiten
...excellent universal character would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies, better than any other person in the Union." The vote, which was given by ballot, was found to be unanimous for Washington. Congress, therefore,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 Seiten
...excellent universal character would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard me allude to him, from his usual... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1883 - 756 Seiten
...excellent general character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard this allusion to himself, with... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - 1884 - 598 Seiten
...excellent universal character will command the approbation of all America and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union." On the fifteenth of June the army was adopted. Immediately after George Washington, whom Mr. Adams... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1885 - 462 Seiten
...universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr Washington, who sat near the door, as soon as he heard me allude to him, from his usual modesty... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1886 - 536 Seiten
...universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies, better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to ait near the door, as soon as he heard me allude to him, from his usual... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1887 - 666 Seiten
...excellent universal character would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard me allude to him, from his usual... | |
 | John Fiske - 1888 - 670 Seiten
...excellent universal character would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard me allude to him, from his usual... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 Seiten
...universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the • Union. Mr. Washington, who happened to sit near the door, as soon as he heard me allude to him, from his usual... | |
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