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... studied at Oxford University , and had been secretary to one of Queen Elizabeth's great statesmen . When James I became king , he made Calvert Baron of Baltimore . His successor , Charles I , was also Baltimore's friend , Charles I and ...
... studied at Oxford University , and had been secretary to one of Queen Elizabeth's great statesmen . When James I became king , he made Calvert Baron of Baltimore . His successor , Charles I , was also Baltimore's friend , Charles I and ...
Page 117
... studied hard , mastering mathematics , and business papers of all sorts . The book into which he copied business letters , deeds , wills , and bills of sale and exchange shows how careful he was and how he mastered everything he ...
... studied hard , mastering mathematics , and business papers of all sorts . The book into which he copied business letters , deeds , wills , and bills of sale and exchange shows how careful he was and how he mastered everything he ...
Page 118
... to school . He now studied sur- veying , and was soon able to mark off the boundaries of farms and lay out roads . George was now more and more at Mount Vernon ,. 118 First General and First President of the United States.
... to school . He now studied sur- veying , and was soon able to mark off the boundaries of farms and lay out roads . George was now more and more at Mount Vernon ,. 118 First General and First President of the United States.
Page 178
... studied hard , failed in several occupations , and went into politics . 7. Led the patriots against the soldiers , the Stamp Act , and planned the Tea Party . 8. Samuel Adams sent to Continental Congress , where he made many friends . 9 ...
... studied hard , failed in several occupations , and went into politics . 7. Led the patriots against the soldiers , the Stamp Act , and planned the Tea Party . 8. Samuel Adams sent to Continental Congress , where he made many friends . 9 ...
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... studied hard to make up for lost time , and left a great name among the boys . He afterward returned to Scotland , and at the age of nineteen sailed as an officer on a slave - trading ship to and sails Africa , and carried a load of ...
... studied hard to make up for lost time , and left a great name among the boys . He afterward returned to Scotland , and at the age of nineteen sailed as an officer on a slave - trading ship to and sails Africa , and carried a load of ...
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Page 303 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 165 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 165 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
Page 164 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 44 - We were entertained with all love and kindness, and with as much bounty (after their manner) as they could possibly devise. We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason, and such as live after the manner of the golden age.
Page 314 - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — blessings on her memory!
Page 164 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 131 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.
Page 130 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor.
Page 36 - The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.