The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Volume 1C.P. Wayne, 1804 - Generals |
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... army which adored him , so soon as the object for which arms had been taken up was accomplished ; and withdrawing from the highest office an American citizen can hold , as soon as his influence , his character , and his talents , ceased ...
... army which adored him , so soon as the object for which arms had been taken up was accomplished ; and withdrawing from the highest office an American citizen can hold , as soon as his influence , his character , and his talents , ceased ...
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... army , and that , in the most desperate situation of American affairs , he did not , for an instant , cease to be formidable . To estimate rightly his worth we must contemplate his difficul ties . We must examine the means placed in his ...
... army , and that , in the most desperate situation of American affairs , he did not , for an instant , cease to be formidable . To estimate rightly his worth we must contemplate his difficul ties . We must examine the means placed in his ...
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... army are seized with a panic , and re - embark .... Hostilities with France .... Plan for attack- ing Louisbourg .... Louisbourg surrenders . CHAPTER XI . Great plans of the belligerent powers .... Misfortunes of the armament under the ...
... army are seized with a panic , and re - embark .... Hostilities with France .... Plan for attack- ing Louisbourg .... Louisbourg surrenders . CHAPTER XI . Great plans of the belligerent powers .... Misfortunes of the armament under the ...
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... army of Amherst put into winter quarters at Crown Point .... French repulsed at Oswego .... Defeated at Niagara , and that place taken .... Expedition against Quebec .... Check given the English army .... Battle on the plains of Abraham ...
... army of Amherst put into winter quarters at Crown Point .... French repulsed at Oswego .... Defeated at Niagara , and that place taken .... Expedition against Quebec .... Check given the English army .... Battle on the plains of Abraham ...
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... army , and was instructed to endeavour , by granting pardon and other peaceful means , to bring the colonists to obedience ; but , if these failed , to use force , and to give freedom to such servants and slaves of those who should ...
... army , and was instructed to endeavour , by granting pardon and other peaceful means , to bring the colonists to obedience ; but , if these failed , to use force , and to give freedom to such servants and slaves of those who should ...
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Page 38 - Indians, within those parts of our colonies where, we have thought proper to allow settlement; but that, if at any time any of the said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said lands, the same shall be purchased only for us, in our name, at some public meeting or assembly of the said Indians, to be held for that purpose by the governor or commander in chief of our colony respectively within which they shall lie...
Page 221 - ... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Page 37 - ... that no Governor or commander in chief of our other colonies or plantations in America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Page 268 - No aid, tax, tallage, assessment, custom, loan, benevolence, or imposition whatsoever, shall be laid, assessed, imposed, or levied on any of their majesties' subjects or their estates, on any pretence whatsoever, but by the act and consent of the governor, council, and representatives of the people assembled in general court.
Page 35 - ... all persons inhabiting' in, or resorting to, our said colonies, may confide in our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of our realm of England...
Page 38 - Bay company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the West and North West...
Page 2 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Page 85 - They were knit together in a strict and sacred bond, to take care of the good of each other and of the whole. It was not with them as with other men, whom small things could discourage, or small discontents cause to wish themselves again at home.
Page 170 - Hudson's River, and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River, to the East side of Delaware Bay...