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 sivua |
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... True , he has been seen in greatness : but it is only the greatness of public character , which is no evidence of true greatness ; for a public character is often an artificial one . At the head of an army or nation , where gold and ...
... True , he has been seen in greatness : but it is only the greatness of public character , which is no evidence of true greatness ; for a public character is often an artificial one . At the head of an army or nation , where gold and ...
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... true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds al- most as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf and her lamb - killing ...
... true greatness , that , compared there- with , the history of his capturing Cornwallis and Tarleton , with their buccaneering legions , sounds al- most as small as the story of General Putnam's catching his wolf and her lamb - killing ...
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... true parent , that is , the Guardian Angel , by his child . THE following anecdote is a case in point . It is too valuable to be lost , and too true to be doubted ; for it was communicated to me by the same excel- lent lady to whom I am ...
... true parent , that is , the Guardian Angel , by his child . THE following anecdote is a case in point . It is too valuable to be lost , and too true to be doubted ; for it was communicated to me by the same excel- lent lady to whom I am ...
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... true Father . " " HIGH , Pa , an't you my true father , that has loved me , and been so good to me always ? " " YES , George , I am your father , as the world calls it and I love you very dearly too . But yet with all my love for you ...
... true Father . " " HIGH , Pa , an't you my true father , that has loved me , and been so good to me always ? " " YES , George , I am your father , as the world calls it and I love you very dearly too . But yet with all my love for you ...
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... true Virginia valour shine more gloriously than on this trying occasion - to see 300 young fellows - commanded by a smooth - faced boy -all unaccustomed to the terrors of war - far from home - and from all hope of help - shut up in a ...
... true Virginia valour shine more gloriously than on this trying occasion - to see 300 young fellows - commanded by a smooth - faced boy -all unaccustomed to the terrors of war - far from home - and from all hope of help - shut up in a ...
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Americans arms army Arnold battle beloved blessings blood Braddock brave British British army brother called Colonel command Congress coun countrymen dear death dreadful Duquesne duty earth enemy equal eyes father favour fight fire flames Fort Duquesne Fort Necessity French friends gentleman George Washington give glorious glory golden reign governor governor Dinwiddie hand happiness hear heard heart heaven heroes Hessians honour hope Indians ington instantly king labours land liberty look Lord Lord North lord Rawdon Man-the ment mighty mind mother Mount Vernon murder nation neral never New-York noble Northern Neck numbers officers parties passions patriotism Payne peace poor Pope's creek praise rage religion replied roaring sent ships sight smile soldier soon soul spirit sword Tarleton tears thing thousand thunder tion troops VERNON PARISH Virginia virtue virtuous Wash whigs wish young youth
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 150 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.