The Life of George WashingtonAmerican Sunday school union, 1832 - 266 頁 |
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第 8 頁
... rivers , floated by the ships , and one of the sailors drew up a carved staff , and a thorn branch with berries on it , which the waves dashed against the side of the vessel . As the olive leaf , which God sent to Noah by the dove ...
... rivers , floated by the ships , and one of the sailors drew up a carved staff , and a thorn branch with berries on it , which the waves dashed against the side of the vessel . As the olive leaf , which God sent to Noah by the dove ...
第 24 頁
... toil- some journey , although winter was near . He was to take a letter from the governor , to the commanding officer of the French troops , who were stationed on the Ohio river ; and the way he had to go , was through a part 24 LIFE OF.
... toil- some journey , although winter was near . He was to take a letter from the governor , to the commanding officer of the French troops , who were stationed on the Ohio river ; and the way he had to go , was through a part 24 LIFE OF.
第 25 頁
... defence of the province . As the waters were impassable without swimming the horses , he got a canoe to take the baggage about ten miles , to the forks of C the Ohio river ; intending to cross the Alle- ghany WASHINGTON , 25.
... defence of the province . As the waters were impassable without swimming the horses , he got a canoe to take the baggage about ten miles , to the forks of C the Ohio river ; intending to cross the Alle- ghany WASHINGTON , 25.
第 26 頁
Anna C. Reed. the Ohio river ; intending to cross the Alle- ghany there . In his journal he wrote , " as I got down before the canoe , I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the fork , which I think extremely well suited ...
Anna C. Reed. the Ohio river ; intending to cross the Alle- ghany there . In his journal he wrote , " as I got down before the canoe , I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the fork , which I think extremely well suited ...
第 27 頁
... river . We expected to have found the river frozen , but it was not , only about fifty yards from each shore . The ice I sup- pose had been broken up , for it was driving in vast quantities . There was no way of get- ting over but on a ...
... river . We expected to have found the river frozen , but it was not , only about fifty yards from each shore . The ice I sup- pose had been broken up , for it was driving in vast quantities . There was no way of get- ting over but on a ...
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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...