Life of George Washington, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Company, 1855 - Biography & Autobiography |
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... cause . He was now sixty - five years of age , active , zealous , devout , a patriot of the primi- tive New England ... caused a wonderful union of hearts and counsels to subsist among us . " Now , therefore , be strong , and very ...
... cause . He was now sixty - five years of age , active , zealous , devout , a patriot of the primi- tive New England ... caused a wonderful union of hearts and counsels to subsist among us . " Now , therefore , be strong , and very ...
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... caused by the recent appointments and promo- tions made by the Continental Congress . General Spencer was so offended that Putnam should be pro- moted over his head , that he left the army , without visiting the commander - in - chief ...
... caused by the recent appointments and promo- tions made by the Continental Congress . General Spencer was so offended that Putnam should be pro- moted over his head , that he left the army , without visiting the commander - in - chief ...
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... cause , and carried on a correspondence with the Earl of Dartmouth , endeavoring to enlighten that minister on the subject of colonial affairs . He had since been highly instrumental in rousing the Philadel- phians to co - operate with ...
... cause , and carried on a correspondence with the Earl of Dartmouth , endeavoring to enlighten that minister on the subject of colonial affairs . He had since been highly instrumental in rousing the Philadel- phians to co - operate with ...
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... cause when it seems to lead to danger ; and have a most sovereign contempt for the man who can plan measures he has not the spirit to execute . " Washington has occasionally been represented as cold and reserved ; yet his intercourse ...
... cause when it seems to lead to danger ; and have a most sovereign contempt for the man who can plan measures he has not the spirit to execute . " Washington has occasionally been represented as cold and reserved ; yet his intercourse ...
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... cause . their cause . " Heaven , " he observed , " was ever found favorable to strong battalions . " * Washington differed from him in this respect . By his orders the resolution of Congress was scrupulously enforced . All labor ...
... cause . their cause . " Heaven , " he observed , " was ever found favorable to strong battalions . " * Washington differed from him in this respect . By his orders the resolution of Congress was scrupulously enforced . All labor ...
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Page 76 - Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and am likely to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command.
Page 386 - This is a most unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification ; as we have lost, not only two thousand men,* that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had. And what adds to my mortification is, that this post, after the last ships went past it, was held contrary to my wishes and opinion, as I conceived it to be a hazardous one...
Page 429 - You can form no idea of the perplexity of my situation. No man I believe ever had a greater choice of evils and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud.
Page 262 - Why should they risk so much in defending a city, while the greater part of its inhabitants were plotting their destruction ? His advice was, that, when they could defend the city no longer, they should evacuate, and burn it, and retire from Manhattan Island ; should avoid any general action, or indeed any action, unless in view of great advantages ; and should make it a war of posts. During the latter part of July, and the early part of August, ships of war with their tenders continued to arrive,...
Page 423 - I do not expect, turns up, we are lost ; our counsels have been weak to the last degree. As to what relates to yourself, if you think you can be in time to aid the General, I would have you by all means go ; you will at least save your army.
Page 427 - Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude...
Page 429 - It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures or to advise thus freely. A character to lose, an estate to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at stake and a life devoted must be my excuse.
Page 232 - When I look back to the year 1761, and recollect the argument concerning writs of assistance in the superior court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of the controversy between Great Britain and America, and run through the whole period, from that time to this, and recollect the series of political events, the chain of causes and effects, I am surprised at the suddenness as well as greatness of this revolution.
Page 304 - Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic life, unaccustomed to the din of arms, totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill (which...
Page 307 - Your Lordship may possibly remember the tears of joy that wet my cheek, when, at your good sister's in London, you once gave me expectations that a reconciliation might soon take place.