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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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Page 13
... possessed too entirely the proud and punctilious feelings of a soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this . Pro- fessing his unabated inclination to continue in the service , he retired indignantly from it , and ...
... possessed too entirely the proud and punctilious feelings of a soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this . Pro- fessing his unabated inclination to continue in the service , he retired indignantly from it , and ...
Page 18
... possession , and fearless- ness of danger which ever distinguished him , and which are so necessary to the character of a consummate soldier . He had two horses killed under him , and four balls through his coat ; but to the ...
... possession , and fearless- ness of danger which ever distinguished him , and which are so necessary to the character of a consummate soldier . He had two horses killed under him , and four balls through his coat ; but to the ...
Page 38
... to distress the frontiers ; perhaps indeed to acquire the possession of the whole country to the Blue Ridge . It was now therefore the object nearest his heart , to stimulate the assembly to such exertions 38 THE LIFE OF.
... to distress the frontiers ; perhaps indeed to acquire the possession of the whole country to the Blue Ridge . It was now therefore the object nearest his heart , to stimulate the assembly to such exertions 38 THE LIFE OF.
Page 74
... possessed the power of binding them in all cases whatsoever . , In America , at different times and in different colonies , various opinions had been entertained on this subject . In New England , originally settled by repub- licans ...
... possessed the power of binding them in all cases whatsoever . , In America , at different times and in different colonies , various opinions had been entertained on this subject . In New England , originally settled by repub- licans ...
Page 75
... possessed 1763 . all the powers of legislation not surrendered by compact , that the Americans were subjects of the British crown , but not of the nation ; and were bound by no laws , to which their repre- sentatives had not assented ...
... possessed 1763 . all the powers of legislation not surrendered by compact , that the Americans were subjects of the British crown , but not of the nation ; and were bound by no laws , to which their repre- sentatives had not assented ...
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