Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; and a General View of Its Present ConditionN. Watson & Company, 1836 - 508 頁 |
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... miles to the west . The night was dark and rainy , and entirely concealed the movements of the troops . They sur- rounded the French camp , and took it completely by surprise . The com- manding officer was killed , one person escaped ...
... miles to the west . The night was dark and rainy , and entirely concealed the movements of the troops . They sur- rounded the French camp , and took it completely by surprise . The com- manding officer was killed , one person escaped ...
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... miles from the Little Meadows . Here the sickness of Washington made it impossible for him to proceed on the march . General Braddock ordered him to stay behind with a small guard , till the arrival of Colonel Dunbar , with the rear di ...
... miles from the Little Meadows . Here the sickness of Washington made it impossible for him to proceed on the march . General Braddock ordered him to stay behind with a small guard , till the arrival of Colonel Dunbar , with the rear di ...
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... miles , should be erected and garrisoned by two thousand men , in constant pay and service . In the autumn of 1758 , to the great joy of Washington , an expedition was fitted out against Fort Du Quesne ; but on reaching the post , they ...
... miles , should be erected and garrisoned by two thousand men , in constant pay and service . In the autumn of 1758 , to the great joy of Washington , an expedition was fitted out against Fort Du Quesne ; but on reaching the post , they ...
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... . A committee of the Massachusetts Congress met him at Springfield , about one hun- dred miles from Boston , and conducted him to the army Immediately after his arrival , the Congress presented him an WASHINGTON . 7 -1.
... . A committee of the Massachusetts Congress met him at Springfield , about one hun- dred miles from Boston , and conducted him to the army Immediately after his arrival , the Congress presented him an WASHINGTON . 7 -1.
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... miles . Some were stationed at Roxbury , some at Cambridge , and some on Winter and Prospect Hills in front of Bunker's Hill . A few companies were posted in the towns about Boston Bay , which were most exposed to attacks from British ...
... miles . Some were stationed at Roxbury , some at Cambridge , and some on Winter and Prospect Hills in front of Bunker's Hill . A few companies were posted in the towns about Boston Bay , which were most exposed to attacks from British ...
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第 123 頁 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
第 60 頁 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
第 106 頁 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has...
第 80 頁 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
第 61 頁 - This, government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
第 50 頁 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
第 82 頁 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost...
第 107 頁 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
第 94 頁 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
第 94 頁 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech shock and disgust men when their own lives and the fate of their wives, their children and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain and all elaborate oratory contemptible.