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... tion all through the French war , and when peace came he went back to the estate which he had inherited from his brother , the most admired man in Virginia . At that time he married , and during the ensu- ing years he lived the life of ...
... tion all through the French war , and when peace came he went back to the estate which he had inherited from his brother , the most admired man in Virginia . At that time he married , and during the ensu- ing years he lived the life of ...
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... tion depended having at length taken place , I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress , and of presenting myself before them , to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me and to claim the ...
... tion depended having at length taken place , I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress , and of presenting myself before them , to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me and to claim the ...
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... tion the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause , the support of the supreme power of the ...
... tion the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause , the support of the supreme power of the ...
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... tion breaking to pieces , and he soon realized that that form of government was an utter failure . In a time when no American statesman except Hamilton had yet freed himself from the local feelings of the colonial days , Washington was ...
... tion breaking to pieces , and he soon realized that that form of government was an utter failure . In a time when no American statesman except Hamilton had yet freed himself from the local feelings of the colonial days , Washington was ...
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... tion of a new system . It was his vast personal influence which made that movement a success , and when the convention to form a constitution met at Philadelphia , he presided over its delibera- tions , and it was his commanding will ...
... tion of a new system . It was his vast personal influence which made that movement a success , and when the convention to form a constitution met at Philadelphia , he presided over its delibera- tions , and it was his commanding will ...
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Page 325 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 164 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 22 - Have the elder races halted? Do they droop and end their lesson, wearied over there beyond the seas? We take up the task eternal, and the burden and the lesson, Pioneers ! O pioneers...
Page 314 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 325 - ANY DEPARTURE FROM THOSE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHICH THE BELIEVERS IN A LIVING GOD ALWAYS ASCRIBE TO HIM. FONDLY DO WE HOPE — FERVENTLY DO WE PRAY — THAT THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE OF WAR MAY SPEEDILY PASS AWAY. YET IF GOD WILLS THAT IT CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THE WEALTH PILED BY THE BONDSMAN'S TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS...
Page 314 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 94 - Set you down this ; And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him, thus.
Page 164 - Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The...
Page 62 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 84 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.