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The capitulation was the work of haste , and written in the French language , with
which neither Colonel WASHINGTON nor any of his officers were acquainted ,
and unfortunately contained an expression , which the translator , at the time ...
The capitulation was the work of haste , and written in the French language , with
which neither Colonel WASHINGTON nor any of his officers were acquainted ,
and unfortunately contained an expression , which the translator , at the time ...
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In answer to a letter , expressing this expectation , the Commander in Chief gave
the following account of the state of his army . « Could I accomplish the important
obMARCH 4. ject , so eagerly wished by Congress , confining the enemy in ...
In answer to a letter , expressing this expectation , the Commander in Chief gave
the following account of the state of his army . « Could I accomplish the important
obMARCH 4. ject , so eagerly wished by Congress , confining the enemy in ...
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The assembly expressed a wish , that while the improvements of their inland
navigation were monuments of his glory , they might also be monuments of his
country's gratitude . The donation placed him in a very delicate and embarrassed
...
The assembly expressed a wish , that while the improvements of their inland
navigation were monuments of his glory , they might also be monuments of his
country's gratitude . The donation placed him in a very delicate and embarrassed
...
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On the day after his arrival , addresses were presented to him from particular
societies , and from individual citizens , in which they expressed their exultation
at the victories of France , and declared that in their opinion , her success was ...
On the day after his arrival , addresses were presented to him from particular
societies , and from individual citizens , in which they expressed their exultation
at the victories of France , and declared that in their opinion , her success was ...
Página 133
Yet at the moment that publick indignation was expressed at the attempt to
exercise a foreign influence over the American councils , it was evident that those
who expressed it , felt a strong partiality in favour of France in her contention with
...
Yet at the moment that publick indignation was expressed at the attempt to
exercise a foreign influence over the American councils , it was evident that those
who expressed it , felt a strong partiality in favour of France in her contention with
...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 178 - The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 172 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Página 180 - If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Página 176 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 180 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected.
Página 180 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Página 180 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 183 - After deliberate examination with the aid of the best lights I could obtain, I was well satisfied that our country, under all the circumstances of the case, had a right to take, and was bound in duty and interest, to take a neutral position. Having taken it, I determined, as far as should depend upon me, to maintain it, with moderation, perseverance and firmness.
Página 174 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally. THIS spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Página 179 - So likewise a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The Life of George Washington .... |
| Autor | Aaron Bancroft |
| Editora | Phillips & Sampson, 1848 |
| Original de | a Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque |
| Digitalizado | 23 Jul 2007 |
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