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" Western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. "
Annual Report of the American Historical Association - Page 263
by American Historical Association - 1903
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretell. " The western settlers (I speak now from my own observations) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards (very unwisely as T think) threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 5

John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretell. "The western settlers (I speak now from my own observations) stand as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards (very unwisely as I think) threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretel. " The western settlers (I speak now from my own observations) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards (very unwisely as I think) threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 608 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretell. The western settlers (I speak now from my own observations) stand, as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards (very unwisely, I think) threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 608 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretell. The western settlers (I speak now from my own observations) stand, as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards (very unwisely, I think) threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 626 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretell. The western settlers (I speak now from my own observations) stand, as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards (very unwisely, I think) threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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Memoir of De Witt Clinton: With an Appendix, Containing Numerous ..., Volume 1

David Hosack - Celebrities - 1829 - 562 pages
...gift of prophecy to foretell. " ' The western settlers, I speak now from my own observations, stand as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. Until the Spaniards, very unwisely as I think, threw difficulties in their way, they looked down the...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...the gift of prophecy to foretell. The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi, until the Spaniards, very impolitically I think for themselves,...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 572 pages
...the gift of prophecy to foretell. The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi, until the Spaniards, very impolitically I think for themselves,...
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The Writings of George Washington: Life of Washington

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...the gift of prophecy to foretell. " The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi, until the Spaniards, very impolitically I think for themselves,...
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