Washington and His Country: Being Irving's Life of Washington, Abridged for the Use of Schools, with Introduction and Continuation, Giving a Brief Outline of United States History from the Discovery of America to the End of the Civil War |
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... remained a sort of hereditary monarchy until , in 1776 , the rule of the sixth Lord Baltimore was terminated by the Decla- ration of Independence . Virginia under Charles II . — In spite of her dislike of Puritans , Virginia submitted ...
... remained a sort of hereditary monarchy until , in 1776 , the rule of the sixth Lord Baltimore was terminated by the Decla- ration of Independence . Virginia under Charles II . — In spite of her dislike of Puritans , Virginia submitted ...
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... remained in their hands for just fifty years , and at the end of this period the popu- lation had reached about 8000. Of this number , about 1500 were inhabitants of New Amsterdam , a town which in those days was already cosmopolitan ...
... remained in their hands for just fifty years , and at the end of this period the popu- lation had reached about 8000. Of this number , about 1500 were inhabitants of New Amsterdam , a town which in those days was already cosmopolitan ...
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... remained for some time an appendage of New York . § 5. THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND . Earliest Ventures . The country now known as New England , together with the region west of it and as far south as the Dela- ware river , was for ...
... remained for some time an appendage of New York . § 5. THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND . Earliest Ventures . The country now known as New England , together with the region west of it and as far south as the Dela- ware river , was for ...
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... remained more barbarous than in those colonies . The estates were mostly managed by overseers , and the planters usually congregated in Charleston , where all owned houses . Thus Charleston , alone among many southern towns before the ...
... remained more barbarous than in those colonies . The estates were mostly managed by overseers , and the planters usually congregated in Charleston , where all owned houses . Thus Charleston , alone among many southern towns before the ...
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... remained a formidable power until after the Revolutionary War . The great struggle between France and England began , both in the Old World and in the New , in 1690 , on the occasion of the accession of Louis XIV.'s arch - enemy ...
... remained a formidable power until after the Revolutionary War . The great struggle between France and England began , both in the Old World and in the New , in 1690 , on the occasion of the accession of Louis XIV.'s arch - enemy ...
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Page 100 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
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 521 - 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 494 - That the property of the United States, has been protected from the confiscations of Britain by the joint exertions of all, and therefore ought to be the common property of all. And he that attempts opposition to this creed is an enemy to equity and justice, and ought to be swept from off the face of the earth.
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 335 - I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside, than to occupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow, without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly for them, and, from my soul, I pity those miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.
Page 96 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 501 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.