Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; and a General View of Its Present ConditionN. Watson & Company, 1836 - 508 páginas |
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... tion , Washington acted as judge of a county court , and as a member of the House of Burgesses of his native province . In this body he was never distinguished as a speaker , yet he secured the esteem and confidence of all who knew him ...
... tion , Washington acted as judge of a county court , and as a member of the House of Burgesses of his native province . In this body he was never distinguished as a speaker , yet he secured the esteem and confidence of all who knew him ...
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... tion of this plan , a heavy bombardment on the town , and lines of the enemy , was commenced , on the evening of the second of March , and con- tinued on the two succeeding nights . On the night of the fourth , a detachment , under the ...
... tion of this plan , a heavy bombardment on the town , and lines of the enemy , was commenced , on the evening of the second of March , and con- tinued on the two succeeding nights . On the night of the fourth , a detachment , under the ...
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... tion of our troops , and filled their minds with apprehension and despair . The militia , instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition , in order to repair our losses , are dismayed , intractable , and ...
... tion of our troops , and filled their minds with apprehension and despair . The militia , instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition , in order to repair our losses , are dismayed , intractable , and ...
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... tion of that river . Troops were sent out , to prevent the farmer from carrying provisions to the market , and to cut off the foraging parties . The British soon after broke up their encampment at Germantown , con- centrated all their ...
... tion of that river . Troops were sent out , to prevent the farmer from carrying provisions to the market , and to cut off the foraging parties . The British soon after broke up their encampment at Germantown , con- centrated all their ...
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... tion ; the reply was unsuitable and insolent . Orders were then given to form on a piece of ground which seemed to offer advantages as a position to check the enemy . Lee was asked if he would command on that ground ; he consented , and ...
... tion ; the reply was unsuitable and insolent . Orders were then given to form on a piece of ground which seemed to offer advantages as a position to check the enemy . Lee was asked if he would command on that ground ; he consented , and ...
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Página 123 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 60 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 106 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has...
Página 80 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 61 - This, government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Página 50 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 82 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost...
Página 107 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
Página 94 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Página 94 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech shock and disgust men when their own lives and the fate of their wives, their children and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain and all elaborate oratory contemptible.