Pamphlets. American History, Հատոր 21875 |
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... , untiring effort and skilful hand- ling of opposing wishes and claims that the final ballot was unanimous . On the 5th of June the election was made . It was formally announced to Washington by Hancock , the president of Congress , and 6.
... , untiring effort and skilful hand- ling of opposing wishes and claims that the final ballot was unanimous . On the 5th of June the election was made . It was formally announced to Washington by Hancock , the president of Congress , and 6.
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... hands divine ; His soul's the deity that lodges there Nor is the pile unworthy of the God . ' " He Never indeed can the temple have been more worthy of the tenant . was forty - three years of age , in the prime of manly vigor and beauty ...
... hands divine ; His soul's the deity that lodges there Nor is the pile unworthy of the God . ' " He Never indeed can the temple have been more worthy of the tenant . was forty - three years of age , in the prime of manly vigor and beauty ...
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... hand . Confusion crystallized into order ; discord resolved itself into har- mony ; jarring counsels were reconciled ; rivalries vanished , as every man found his abilities recognized , his fitting place and due honor accorded to him ...
... hand . Confusion crystallized into order ; discord resolved itself into har- mony ; jarring counsels were reconciled ; rivalries vanished , as every man found his abilities recognized , his fitting place and due honor accorded to him ...
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... hand , obeyed the heavenly vision , fol- lowed without halting the guiding spirit . The evident coldness of the Vir- ginia delegates in Congress with regard to his appointment shows that up to that time , notwithstanding his early ...
... hand , obeyed the heavenly vision , fol- lowed without halting the guiding spirit . The evident coldness of the Vir- ginia delegates in Congress with regard to his appointment shows that up to that time , notwithstanding his early ...
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... hand , there has been in some quarters a disposition to underrate him . For this there is ample reason , yet no ground . He seems the less , because he was so great . A perfect sphere looks smaller than one of the same dimensions with a ...
... hand , there has been in some quarters a disposition to underrate him . For this there is ample reason , yet no ground . He seems the less , because he was so great . A perfect sphere looks smaller than one of the same dimensions with a ...
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Էջ 139 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Էջ 15 - and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Saturday, 21st.— Rain all day, came off guard at night; all still. Monday, 23d. — All still this morning and pleasant. Nothing remarkable. Tuesday, 24th. — Cloudy in the morning and rain till near night, then cleared up cool. News came to headquarters that the
Էջ 129 - should for the safety of the Colonies declare them independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, "We, the said Inhabitants, will solemnly engage with our lives and fortunes to support them in the measure." This was the Declaration of Independence made, in advance of the general action, by the people of Cambridge.
Էջ 134 - and received the weary, affrighted men. ;; They were so much exhausted with fatigue," says a British historian, "that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.
Էջ 24 - which they brought away is far short of the quantity expressed in the inventory which accompanied it. I have gratified my men ; and when the plate is sold I shall become the purchaser, and will gratify my own feelings by restoring it to you, by such conveyance as you shall please to direct.
Էջ 23 - towns, and to the houses of the rich, without distinction, but not even sparing the wretched hamlets and milch cows of the poor and helpless, at the approach of an inclement winter. That party had been with me the same morning at Whitehaven ; some complaisance, therefore , was their due I had but
Էջ 23 - means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected. When I was informed, by some men whom I met at the landing, that his Lordship was absent, I walked back to my boat, determined to leave the Island
Էջ 127 - No danger shall affright, no difficulties shall intimidate us ; and if, in support of our rights, we are called to encounter even death, we are yet undaunted, sensible that he can never die too soon who lays down his life in support
Էջ 37 - and Congress, in a few days, replied by a resolution, that "in order to conform as near as may be to the spirit and substance of the charter, it be recommended to the Provincial Convention, to write letters to the inhabitants of the several places, which are entitled to
Էջ 9 - been laid so heavily on it, that great allowances are to be made for troops raised under such circumstances. The deficiency of numbers, discipline and stores can only lead to this conclusion, that their spirit has exceeded their strength." How long Washington remained in the president's house cannot be