Lives of BenefactorsBradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 320 стор. |
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... Young George was pleased with the appointment , and prepared with a buoyant spirit to enter upon its duties ; but as the time approached for his departure , the solicitude of his mother interposed , and the scheme was abandoned . 8 ...
... Young George was pleased with the appointment , and prepared with a buoyant spirit to enter upon its duties ; but as the time approached for his departure , the solicitude of his mother interposed , and the scheme was abandoned . 8 ...
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... young children ; George , the eldest , being eleven years old . She was , however , a woman * Augustine Washington was twice married , and had ten children — four by the first , and six by the second wife . The sub- ject of our memoir ...
... young children ; George , the eldest , being eleven years old . She was , however , a woman * Augustine Washington was twice married , and had ten children — four by the first , and six by the second wife . The sub- ject of our memoir ...
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... young George's turn for surveying , he employed him to survey a portion of these lands . In pursuit of this appointment , he set out upon his first surveying expedition shortly after he was sixteen years old . The enterprise was arduous ...
... young George's turn for surveying , he employed him to survey a portion of these lands . In pursuit of this appointment , he set out upon his first surveying expedition shortly after he was sixteen years old . The enterprise was arduous ...
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... Young Washington's reputation as a surveyor was now established , and he received a commission from the governor of the colony , which gave authority to his surveys . He devoted three years steadily to this pursuit ; and , as there were ...
... Young Washington's reputation as a surveyor was now established , and he received a commission from the governor of the colony , which gave authority to his surveys . He devoted three years steadily to this pursuit ; and , as there were ...
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... young men through their col- legiate course . Thus occupied , his hours flowed happily on , and we may look to this period as that which afforded him more gratification than any other . In 1787 , Washington was chosen as one of the ...
... young men through their col- legiate course . Thus occupied , his hours flowed happily on , and we may look to this period as that which afforded him more gratification than any other . In 1787 , Washington was chosen as one of the ...
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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.