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... hundred folio volumes , was in the author's hands ten years . From these materials it has been his aim to select and combine the most important facts , tending to exhibit in their true light the character , actions , and opinions of ...
... hundred folio volumes , was in the author's hands ten years . From these materials it has been his aim to select and combine the most important facts , tending to exhibit in their true light the character , actions , and opinions of ...
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... hundred acres ; and also other lands , and shares in iron - works situated in Virginia and Maryland , which were productive . The second son had for his part an estate in Westmoreland . To George were left the lands and mansion where ...
... hundred acres ; and also other lands , and shares in iron - works situated in Virginia and Maryland , which were productive . The second son had for his part an estate in Westmoreland . To George were left the lands and mansion where ...
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... hundred acres . The youngest daughter died when an infant , and for the only remaining one a suitable provis- ion was made in the will . It is thus seen , that Augustine Washington , although suddenly cut off in the vigor of man- hood ...
... hundred acres . The youngest daughter died when an infant , and for the only remaining one a suitable provis- ion was made in the will . It is thus seen , that Augustine Washington , although suddenly cut off in the vigor of man- hood ...
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... hundred and fifty pounds a year . Fondness for military studies and exercises . Sails with his brother for Barba- does . His military propensities had not subsided . They rather increased with his years . In Virginia were many officers ...
... hundred and fifty pounds a year . Fondness for military studies and exercises . Sails with his brother for Barba- does . His military propensities had not subsided . They rather increased with his years . In Virginia were many officers ...
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... hundred pounds a year . Every other officer is exorbitant in his demands . There are few , who may be called middling people . They are very rich or very poor ; for by a law of the island every gentleman is obliged to keep a white ...
... hundred pounds a year . Every other officer is exorbitant in his demands . There are few , who may be called middling people . They are very rich or very poor ; for by a law of the island every gentleman is obliged to keep a white ...
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Page 351 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, sir, no occurrence in the course of the war has given me more painful sensations, than your information of there being such ideas existing in the army, as you have expressed, and I must view with abhorrence, and reprehend with severity.
Page 297 - ... twelve feet apart. Of late he has had the surprising sagacity to discover, that apples will make pies ; and it is a question, if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples, instead of having both of beefsteaks. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them; and am, dear Doctor, yours.
Page 395 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Page 63 - 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 521 - Tis well," said she, in the same voice, " all is now over; I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through.
Page 439 - The confidence of the whole Union is centred in you. Your being at the helm will be more than an answer to every argument, which can be used to alarm and lead the people in any quarter into violence or secession. North and south will hang together, if they have you to hang on...
Page 442 - There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war.
Page 402 - In this conflict of emotions, all I dare aver, is, that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected.
Page 402 - I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens ; and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me ; my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Page 126 - 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. These I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire.