Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of His Character. And Embellished with Engravings. For the Young People of the Nation He FoundedLindsay and Blakiston, 1846 - 214 էջ |
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... equally exposed to a revival and enforcement of the obnoxious claim of taxation without representation . Union could no longer subsist compatibly with the mutual happiness of the two parties , and a separation became the 54 LIFE OF.
... equally exposed to a revival and enforcement of the obnoxious claim of taxation without representation . Union could no longer subsist compatibly with the mutual happiness of the two parties , and a separation became the 54 LIFE OF.
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... equally immortal , was pre- sent with his unerring riflemen . The approach of Burgoyne from the north was connected with the expected movement of Sir Henry Clinton , with a force from the south . They were to meet at Albany . But one ...
... equally immortal , was pre- sent with his unerring riflemen . The approach of Burgoyne from the north was connected with the expected movement of Sir Henry Clinton , with a force from the south . They were to meet at Albany . But one ...
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... equally subjected to the injuries of both parties . Andre offered them any reward they should demand , and pledged himself to remain as a hostage wherever they pleased until the reward was received . " If you would give me ten thousand ...
... equally subjected to the injuries of both parties . Andre offered them any reward they should demand , and pledged himself to remain as a hostage wherever they pleased until the reward was received . " If you would give me ten thousand ...
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... equally fatal to the other . He saw himself besieged by a superior army , ani- mated by the certainty of success ; every day in- creased his difficulties , and diminished his hopes of assistance ; new batteries were raised on all sides ...
... equally fatal to the other . He saw himself besieged by a superior army , ani- mated by the certainty of success ; every day in- creased his difficulties , and diminished his hopes of assistance ; new batteries were raised on all sides ...
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... equally unjust to himself and injurious to them . He was a kind master to the good , a strict disciplinarian to the bad , and he was both feared and loved by al within the sphere of his domestic influence . He exacted obedience , and ...
... equally unjust to himself and injurious to them . He was a kind master to the good , a strict disciplinarian to the bad , and he was both feared and loved by al within the sphere of his domestic influence . He exacted obedience , and ...
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Էջ 177 - DESERT the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ; and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Էջ 174 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Էջ 176 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Էջ 176 - 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.
Էջ 177 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Էջ 153 - I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.
Էջ 140 - 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.
Էջ 29 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Էջ 173 - 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...
Էջ 162 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...