Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonC. J. Gillis, 1847 - 588 pages |
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... respect between her and Mr. Washington , and of the high estimate in which she held the virtue of truth , let the following incident , resting on undoubted authority , bear witness . Mrs. Washington was at all times fond of fine horses ...
... respect between her and Mr. Washington , and of the high estimate in which she held the virtue of truth , let the following incident , resting on undoubted authority , bear witness . Mrs. Washington was at all times fond of fine horses ...
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... respect to those present . 2. Be no flatterer . " 3. Let your countenance be pleasant ; but in serious matters , somewhat grave . 4. Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another , though he were your enemy . 5. When you meet with ...
... respect to those present . 2. Be no flatterer . " 3. Let your countenance be pleasant ; but in serious matters , somewhat grave . 4. Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another , though he were your enemy . 5. When you meet with ...
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... respect those that are their equals in birth , or other qualities , though they have no public charge . “ 7. It is good manners to prefer them to whom we speak be- fore ourselves ; especially , if they be above us , with whom in no sort ...
... respect those that are their equals in birth , or other qualities , though they have no public charge . “ 7. It is good manners to prefer them to whom we speak be- fore ourselves ; especially , if they be above us , with whom in no sort ...
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... respect to their excessive ex- pense of time , and habituating men to idleness and vain thoughts , and disturbing passions , when they are past , as well as while they are used . Let no recreation of any long continuance be used in the ...
... respect to their excessive ex- pense of time , and habituating men to idleness and vain thoughts , and disturbing passions , when they are past , as well as while they are used . Let no recreation of any long continuance be used in the ...
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... respect of myself , but not any thing that could make me seek or desire it . That external glory and splendour that attended it , I esteemed as vain and frivolous in itself , a bait to allure vain and inconsiderate persons , not ...
... respect of myself , but not any thing that could make me seek or desire it . That external glory and splendour that attended it , I esteemed as vain and frivolous in itself , a bait to allure vain and inconsiderate persons , not ...
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Page 586 - ... can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Page 578 - ... every day the increasing- weight of years admonishes me, more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Page 579 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare which cannot end but with my life and the apprehension of danger natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection of no inconsiderable observation and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Page 583 - It exists, under different shapes, in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which, in different ages and countries, has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Page 582 - ... a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. They must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Page 583 - I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Page 581 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties, by geographical discriminations — Northern and Southern; Atlantic and Western...
Page 578 - ... has supported me, and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment by services faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise and as an instructive example in our annals that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead...
Page 504 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction, which an ardent love for my country can inspire ; since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Page 319 - Sir, a letter which I received last night, contained the following paragraph : — " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates...