George WashingtonMacmillan Company, 1901 - 419 pages |
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... soldiers mu- tinied , officers intrigued , and Congress haggled ; when all was darkness . — in such times the silent powers emerged , rising always , greater at the end of the war than at the beginning , greatest when he stood , the ...
... soldiers mu- tinied , officers intrigued , and Congress haggled ; when all was darkness . — in such times the silent powers emerged , rising always , greater at the end of the war than at the beginning , greatest when he stood , the ...
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... soldiers and canoes . " As I found many Plots concerted to retard the Indians Business , and prevent their returning with me ; I endeavor'd all that lay in my Power to frustrate their Schemes , and hurry them on to execute their ...
... soldiers and canoes . " As I found many Plots concerted to retard the Indians Business , and prevent their returning with me ; I endeavor'd all that lay in my Power to frustrate their Schemes , and hurry them on to execute their ...
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... soldiers , refusing to work without extra pay , merely demoralized the Virginians , Washington left them as a guard at the intrenchments at Great Meadows , which he called Fort Necessity , while he himself proceeded to cut a road , for ...
... soldiers , refusing to work without extra pay , merely demoralized the Virginians , Washington left them as a guard at the intrenchments at Great Meadows , which he called Fort Necessity , while he himself proceeded to cut a road , for ...
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... soldiers to take his baggage . When , in two days , they reached Great Meadows , they were too weary to continue the retreat . Sending expresses to hurry on the two independent companies that had arrived at Alex- andria twenty days ...
... soldiers to take his baggage . When , in two days , they reached Great Meadows , they were too weary to continue the retreat . Sending expresses to hurry on the two independent companies that had arrived at Alex- andria twenty days ...
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... soldiers were half starved . They had only two screw rods to clean all their guns , and at times it was almost too wet for either side to fire , but toward evening the fighting was sharp again . About eight o'clock the French called out ...
... soldiers were half starved . They had only two screw rods to clean all their guns , and at times it was almost too wet for either side to fire , but toward evening the fighting was sharp again . About eight o'clock the French called out ...
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Page 277 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Page 276 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to bo otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Page 249 - Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One !
Page 92 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 98 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it...
Page 93 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 165 - Sir ; A letter, which I received last night, contained the following paragraph; " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Page 250 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country.
Page 364 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.
Page 241 - If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to you, that I have been a faithful friend to the army, my declaration of it at this time would be equally unavailing and improper. But as I was among the first who embarked in the cause of our common country ; as I have never left your side one moment, but when called from you on...