The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addressesHarper & brothers, 1848 |
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... Meadows may be rented for the most you can get for the term of ten years . There is a house on the prem- ises , arable land in culture , and meadow enclosed . Much of the latter may be reclaimed at a very moderate expense ; which , and ...
... Meadows may be rented for the most you can get for the term of ten years . There is a house on the prem- ises , arable land in culture , and meadow enclosed . Much of the latter may be reclaimed at a very moderate expense ; which , and ...
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... meadows , and buildings . These were as much objects with me , as the rent ; nay more , because to these I looked , to have the value of my land enhanced , whilst I was , in the first instance , contenting myself with low rents . If ...
... meadows , and buildings . These were as much objects with me , as the rent ; nay more , because to these I looked , to have the value of my land enhanced , whilst I was , in the first instance , contenting myself with low rents . If ...
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... meadows , swamps , & c . , and the tops and blades of Indian corn ; as very few persons have attended to sowing grasses , and connecting cattle with their crops . The Indian corn is the chief support of the laborers and horses . Our ...
... meadows , swamps , & c . , and the tops and blades of Indian corn ; as very few persons have attended to sowing grasses , and connecting cattle with their crops . The Indian corn is the chief support of the laborers and horses . Our ...
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... Meadows . In 1755 , he left the service , sold out , and went to Georgia . I heard nothing of him from that time till about five or six years ago , when he went by water from Georgia to Rhode Island on account of his health . On his ...
... Meadows . In 1755 , he left the service , sold out , and went to Georgia . I heard nothing of him from that time till about five or six years ago , when he went by water from Georgia to Rhode Island on account of his health . On his ...
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... meadow ) , the rela- tive situation of the farms to one another , and the division of these farms into separate enclosures , with the quantity and situa- tion of the woodland appertaining to the tract , will be better de- lineated by ...
... meadow ) , the rela- tive situation of the farms to one another , and the division of these farms into separate enclosures , with the quantity and situa- tion of the woodland appertaining to the tract , will be better de- lineated by ...
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Seite 4 - ... the propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained : and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
Seite 223 - All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency.
Seite 226 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another.
Seite 220 - While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts, greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations; and, what is of inestimable value! they must derive from union an exemption from those broils and wars between themselves...
Seite 226 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Seite 404 - ... dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Seite 230 - 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.
Seite 38 - If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
Seite 127 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Seite 2 - Such being the impressions under which 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...