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... occafion , is dictated by the dignity and refplendent virtue of the beloved Man whofe death we deplore . We affemble to pay a debt to departed mer- it ; a debt which we can only pay by the fincerity of our grief , and the respectful ...
... occafion , is dictated by the dignity and refplendent virtue of the beloved Man whofe death we deplore . We affemble to pay a debt to departed mer- it ; a debt which we can only pay by the fincerity of our grief , and the respectful ...
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... occafion , fo mighty in the eye of all the world , fo humble in his own ! He accepts the high appointment with fuch dif- truft of his natural endowments , with fuch diffidence in his capacity , as can be relieved only by his reliance on ...
... occafion , fo mighty in the eye of all the world , fo humble in his own ! He accepts the high appointment with fuch dif- truft of his natural endowments , with fuch diffidence in his capacity , as can be relieved only by his reliance on ...
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... occafion admit of it , how pleafing would be the review of his administration , as our Supreme Exec utive Magiftrate ! His talents and his virtues increased with his cares . His foul feemed not to bear the limits of office a moment ...
... occafion admit of it , how pleafing would be the review of his administration , as our Supreme Exec utive Magiftrate ! His talents and his virtues increased with his cares . His foul feemed not to bear the limits of office a moment ...
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... occafion , to fufpend its occu- pations , and join the general forrow . To devote this portion of time to his memory , who devoted a long life to our happiness , is rational and juft . Within the . prefent political year , you ...
... occafion , to fufpend its occu- pations , and join the general forrow . To devote this portion of time to his memory , who devoted a long life to our happiness , is rational and juft . Within the . prefent political year , you ...
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... occafion to speak hereafter . Here we might have fuppofed his career of glory was ended ; that his measure of fame was filled to the brim . But Heaven thought otherwife . The aggref- fions of France roufed our national government to pro ...
... occafion to speak hereafter . Here we might have fuppofed his career of glory was ended ; that his measure of fame was filled to the brim . But Heaven thought otherwife . The aggref- fions of France roufed our national government to pro ...
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Page 166 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my Administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.
Page 166 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Page 158 - 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 7 - In obedience to your will, I rise your humble organ, with the hope of executing a part of the system of- public mourning which you have been pleased to adopt, commemorative of the death of the most illustrious and most beloved personage this country has ever produced ; and which, while it transmits to posterity your sense of the awful event, faintly represents your knowledge of the consummate...
Page 9 - ... only by the growth of difficulties, he held in check formidable hostile legions, conducted by a chief experienced in the art of war, and famed for his...
Page 147 - For, though I shall always think it a sacred duty, to exercise with firmness and energy the constitutional powers with which I am vested, yet it appears to me no less consistent with the public good, than it is with my personal feelings, to mingle in the operations of government every degree of moderation and tenderness, which the national justice, dignity, and safety may permit...
Page 239 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence or in defence of their country and its rights; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.
Page 164 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 13 - New and delicate was the conjuncture, and great was the stake. Soon did his penetrating mind discern and seize the only course, continuing to us all the felicity enjoyed.
Page 11 - Independent states stretched over an immense territory, and known only by common difficulty, clinging to their union as the rock of their safety, deciding by frank comparison of their relative...