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 Condition |
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... attacked by a considerable force . The assailants were protected by trees and high grass . The Americans received them with great intrepidity , and Washington distin- guished himself by his coolness and address . The engagement ...
... attacked by a considerable force . The assailants were protected by trees and high grass . The Americans received them with great intrepidity , and Washington distin- guished himself by his coolness and address . The engagement ...
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... attacks from British armed vessels . The troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army were posted in three divisions . The ...
... attacks from British armed vessels . The troops were not sufficiently numerous to defend so large an extent of country , but it was difficult to make a more compact arrangement . The British army were posted in three divisions . The ...
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... attacking the enemy . A council of war was again called , and was again almost unanimous against the measure . It ... attack the heights , and ordered three thousand men on this service . These were embarked , and fell 10 WASHINGTON .
... attacking the enemy . A council of war was again called , and was again almost unanimous against the measure . It ... attack the heights , and ordered three thousand men on this service . These were embarked , and fell 10 WASHINGTON .
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... attack , but were dispersed by a tremendous storm . Before they could be in readiness to proceed , the American works were in such a state of security as to discourage any attempt against them . The British now resolved to evacuate ...
... attack , but were dispersed by a tremendous storm . Before they could be in readiness to proceed , the American works were in such a state of security as to discourage any attempt against them . The British now resolved to evacuate ...
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... attacked the American forces under the command of General Sullivan , on Long Island . The variety of ground and the number of different parties engaged on both sides , occasioned a succession of small engagements , pursuits , and ...
... attacked the American forces under the command of General Sullivan , on Long Island . The variety of ground and the number of different parties engaged on both sides , occasioned a succession of small engagements , pursuits , and ...
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Page 123 - 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...
Page 60 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 106 - 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...
Page 80 - 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.
Page 61 - 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.
Page 50 - 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.
Page 82 - 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...
Page 107 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
Page 94 - 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.
Page 94 - 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.