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Seite 285 - Meantime in the village of Fredericksburg all was joy and revelry. The town was crowded with the officers of the French and American armies, and with gentlemen from all the country around, who hastened to welcome the conquerors of Cornwallis. The citizens made arrangements for a splendid ball, to which the mother of Washington was specially invited. She observed, that, although her dancing days were pretty well over, she should feel happy in contributing to the general festivity, and consented to...
Seite 115 - Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it...
Seite 33 - IN WITNESS whereof: I have hereunto Sett, my Hand and Seal the Day and year above written.
Seite 236 - Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Seite 61 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Seite 84 - do you know who killed that beautiful little cherry tree yonder in the garden? " This was a tough question; and George staggered under it for a moment; but quickly recovered himself : and looking at his father, with the sweet face of youth brightened with the inexpressible charm of allconquering truth, he bravely cried out, " I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.
Seite 79 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Seite 84 - English cherry-tree, which he barked so terribly, that I don't believe the tree ever got the better of it. The next morning the old gentleman, finding out what had befallen his tree, which, by the...
Seite 324 - LASTLY, I nominate and appoint my said son, General George Washington, executor of this, my Will; and as I owe few or no debts, I direct my executor to give no security, nor to appraise my estate, but desire the same may be allotted to my devisees with as little trouble and delay as may be, desiring their acceptance thereof as all the token I now have to give them of my love for them.
Seite 32 - God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried In decent christian burial at the discretion of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
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| Titel | The Mother of Washington and Her Times Band 1 von Library of Alexandria Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks |
| Autor/in | Sara Agnes Rice Pryor |
| Verlag | Macmillan, 1903 |
| Original von | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Juli 2007 |
| ISBN | 1465583130, 9781465583130 |
| Länge | 367 Seiten |
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