The Life of George WashingtonAmerican Sunday school union, 1832 - 266 頁 |
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... president of Princeton College ) we find mention made by the author of " that heroic youth , Colonel Washington , whom I cannot but hope Provi- dence has hitherto preserved , in so signal a manner , for some important service to his ...
... president of Princeton College ) we find mention made by the author of " that heroic youth , Colonel Washington , whom I cannot but hope Provi- dence has hitherto preserved , in so signal a manner , for some important service to his ...
第 68 頁
... President of the United States . The motion to au thorize the Declaration was , as we have seen , seconded by Mr. John Adams , who also was afterwards President . Both of these eminent patriots died on the fourth of July , 1826 ...
... President of the United States . The motion to au thorize the Declaration was , as we have seen , seconded by Mr. John Adams , who also was afterwards President . Both of these eminent patriots died on the fourth of July , 1826 ...
第 111 頁
... President of Congress , stated , in reply to a letter to him on the sub- ject , that it would be unnatural to suppose their minds less firm than " when destitute of all foreign aid , and even without expecta- tion of an alliance , when ...
... President of Congress , stated , in reply to a letter to him on the sub- ject , that it would be unnatural to suppose their minds less firm than " when destitute of all foreign aid , and even without expecta- tion of an alliance , when ...
第 203 頁
... President of Congress . He said , " I resign with satisfaction 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I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence in the ...
... President of Congress . He said , " I resign with satisfaction 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I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence in the ...
第 211 頁
... president ; and , after long and serious consultation on the important subject , that Constitution was formed under which , by the favour of a gracious Providence , the United States have become so prosperous , and the American nation ...
... president ; and , after long and serious consultation on the important subject , that Constitution was formed under which , by the favour of a gracious Providence , the United States have become so prosperous , and the American nation ...
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第 262 頁 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
第 263 頁 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
第 210 頁 - I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.
第 201 頁 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union and the patronage of Heaven.
第 218 頁 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
第 219 頁 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication that, since he has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their...
第 199 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 253 頁 - That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
第 265 頁 - ... right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
第 210 頁 - In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarcely able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings...