Lives of BenefactorsBradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 320 стор. |
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... tion , no one wrote but himself , exhibit specimens of the same studious care and exactness . Every fact occupies a clear and distinct place ; the hand - writing is round and regular , without interlineations , blots or blemishes ; and ...
... tion , no one wrote but himself , exhibit specimens of the same studious care and exactness . Every fact occupies a clear and distinct place ; the hand - writing is round and regular , without interlineations , blots or blemishes ; and ...
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... tion , Washington applied himself , with sleepless vigi- lance and zeal , to his duties . Under the magic influence of these efforts , order seemed to grow out of confusion , strength spring from weakness , and confi- dence to take the ...
... tion , Washington applied himself , with sleepless vigi- lance and zeal , to his duties . Under the magic influence of these efforts , order seemed to grow out of confusion , strength spring from weakness , and confi- dence to take the ...
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... tion of the American forces were driven back . He was now obliged to retreat into New Jersey . His situation was gloomy in the extreme . The militia had proved ineffective in battle , and the army was dwindled to a shadow . But that ...
... tion of the American forces were driven back . He was now obliged to retreat into New Jersey . His situation was gloomy in the extreme . The militia had proved ineffective in battle , and the army was dwindled to a shadow . But that ...
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... tion . The machinations of his enemies were frus- trated without any efforts on his part , and only did injury to themselves ; nor did they make any undue impression upon Washington's steady mind , or serve C in any way to change his ...
... tion . The machinations of his enemies were frus- trated without any efforts on his part , and only did injury to themselves ; nor did they make any undue impression upon Washington's steady mind , or serve C in any way to change his ...
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... tion . The duties of the new government were great indeed . The country was embarrassed with a debt of nearly a hundred millions . The nation had been impoverished and desolated by war . The morals of the people had been corrupted by ...
... tion . The duties of the new government were great indeed . The country was embarrassed with a debt of nearly a hundred millions . The nation had been impoverished and desolated by war . The morals of the people had been corrupted by ...
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Сторінка 105 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Сторінка 108 - The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Сторінка 108 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
Сторінка 102 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third'* — (' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason !' echoed from every part of the house.
Сторінка 125 - ... for the rhyme would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator...
Сторінка 50 - America has furnished to the world the character of Washington ! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.
Сторінка 137 - ... press in order, before George House, an acquaintance of mine, brought a countryman to us, whom he had met in the street inquiring for a printer. All our cash was now expended in the variety of particulars we had been obliged to procure, and this countryman's five shillings, being our...
Сторінка 130 - I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no soul, nor where to look for lodging. I...
Сторінка 30 - Let the hospitality of the house, with respect to the poor, be kept up. Let no one go hungry away. If any of this kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness...
Сторінка 122 - I devoted to them. I found besides a work of De Foe's, entitled ' An Essay on Projects,' from which, perhaps, I derived impressions that have since influenced some of the principal events of my life.