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... Joseph Reed he wrote : - " Notwithstanding all the publick virtue which is as- crib'd to these people , there is no nation under the sun ( that I ever came across ) pay greater adoration to money than they do .... 66 The party to ...
... Joseph Reed he wrote : - " Notwithstanding all the publick virtue which is as- crib'd to these people , there is no nation under the sun ( that I ever came across ) pay greater adoration to money than they do .... 66 The party to ...
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... Joseph Reed : - " I hope my countrymen of Virginia will rise superior to any losses the whole navy of Great Britain can bring on them , and that the destruction of Norfolk and the threatened devastation of other places will have no ...
... Joseph Reed : - " I hope my countrymen of Virginia will rise superior to any losses the whole navy of Great Britain can bring on them , and that the destruction of Norfolk and the threatened devastation of other places will have no ...
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... Joseph Reed wrote to his wife October 11th : " It is impossible for any one to have an idea of the equality which exists between the officers and men who compose the greater part of our troops . You may form some notion of it when I ...
... Joseph Reed wrote to his wife October 11th : " It is impossible for any one to have an idea of the equality which exists between the officers and men who compose the greater part of our troops . You may form some notion of it when I ...
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... Joseph Reed he described the affair three years later in a way which , while showing the views of Greene and of Congress , admits his lack of decision , " that warfare in my mind , and hesitation , which ended in the loss of the ...
... Joseph Reed he described the affair three years later in a way which , while showing the views of Greene and of Congress , admits his lack of decision , " that warfare in my mind , and hesitation , which ended in the loss of the ...
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... Reed , Joseph , 135 , 142 , 160 , 164 , 172 , 200 , 217 , 218 , 233 Remond , Charles , 95 Rivington's Gazette , 247 Robertson , 110 , 143 Robespierre , 402 358 , 368 Palfrey , Colonel , 190 Parker , Theodore , 88 Parkinson , Richard ...
... Reed , Joseph , 135 , 142 , 160 , 164 , 172 , 200 , 217 , 218 , 233 Remond , Charles , 95 Rivington's Gazette , 247 Robertson , 110 , 143 Robespierre , 402 358 , 368 Palfrey , Colonel , 190 Parker , Theodore , 88 Parkinson , Richard ...
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Seite 277 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Seite 276 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to bo otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Seite 249 - Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One !
Seite 92 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Seite 98 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it...
Seite 93 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Seite 165 - Sir ; A letter, which I received last night, contained the following paragraph; " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Seite 250 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country.
Seite 364 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.
Seite 241 - If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to you, that I have been a faithful friend to the army, my declaration of it at this time would be equally unavailing and improper. But as I was among the first who embarked in the cause of our common country ; as I have never left your side one moment, but when called from you on...