Washington and His Country: Being Irving's Life of Washington : Abridged for the Use of Schools ... |
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... roads , fences , and bridges had begun to go on quite briskly ; lumber , furs , and salted fish were sent to England in exchange for manufac- tured articles ; several thousand goats and cattle grazed in the pastures , and swine ...
... roads , fences , and bridges had begun to go on quite briskly ; lumber , furs , and salted fish were sent to England in exchange for manufac- tured articles ; several thousand goats and cattle grazed in the pastures , and swine ...
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... road , to be cut for them through the woods and bushes , and also what I had heard of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French , who invaded the Illinois country , I had conceived some doubts and some fears for the event of the ...
... road , to be cut for them through the woods and bushes , and also what I had heard of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French , who invaded the Illinois country , I had conceived some doubts and some fears for the event of the ...
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... road along the north side of the Potomac not being yet made . " This gave him , " writes Washington , " a good opportunity to see the absurdity of the route , and of damning it very heartily . " Three of Washington's horses were ...
... road along the north side of the Potomac not being yet made . " This gave him , " writes Washington , " a good opportunity to see the absurdity of the route , and of damning it very heartily . " Three of Washington's horses were ...
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... road not having been finished from Phila- delphia . Mr. Richard Peters , the secretary of Governor Morris , was in camp , to attend to the matter . He had to bear the brunt of Braddock's complaints . The general declared he would not ...
... road not having been finished from Phila- delphia . Mr. Richard Peters , the secretary of Governor Morris , was in camp , to attend to the matter . He had to bear the brunt of Braddock's complaints . The general declared he would not ...
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... road would have been abandoned . Braddock , in fact , was completely chagrined and disappointed about the Indians . The Cherokees and Catawbas , whom Dinwid- die had given him reason to expect in such numbers , never arrived . The ...
... road would have been abandoned . Braddock , in fact , was completely chagrined and disappointed about the Indians . The Cherokees and Catawbas , whom Dinwid- die had given him reason to expect in such numbers , never arrived . The ...
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Page 120 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 517 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law.
Page 493 - The business being thus closed, the Members adjourned to the City Tavern, dined together and took a cordial leave of each other; after which I returned to my lodgings, did some business with, and received the papers from the Secretary of the Convention, and retired to meditate on the momentous w[or]k which had been executed...
Page 148 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 31 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 134 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 496 - For myself, the delay may be compared to a reprieve; for in confidence, I tell you (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution...
Page 142 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 66 - Jumonville), he concluded with these words, — (I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the King said sensibly, — 'He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.
Page 500 - About two hundred yards before reaching the hall, Washington and his suite alighted from their carriages, and passed through the troops, who were drawn up on each side, into the hall and senate chamber, where the Vice-President, the Senate and House of Representatives were assembled.